John chapter 1
The Eternal Word
1 In the beginning
was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and
the Word was God.
“Word”
Jesus is the living
Word of God.
2 He was
in the beginning
with God.
“He”
Jesus lives forever,
and forever will be.
3 All things
were made through
Him, and without Him
nothing was made
that was made.
“Him”
Jesus is
the creator God.
4 In Him
was life, and the life
was the light of men.
Without Jesus,
there is no life.
5 And the light
shines in the darkness,
and the darkness did not
comprehend it.
The light shines
through our
Saviour Jesus,
and His Living Word.
“Darkness”
Sin brought darkness,
to all who reject
the Saviour.
The first five
verses of this chapter,
were some of Grandpa Tom’s
favorite verses.
John’s Witness:
The True Light
6 There was a
man sent from God,
whose name was John.
“John”
John the Baptist,
A messenger
sent from God, filled
with the living word.
As John was,
we were created,
to be messengers
sent from God.
7 This man
came for a witness,
to bear witness of the Light,
that all through him
might believe.
We are called,
to be witnesses,
for the light of
the world,
Jesus.
8 He was
not that Light,
but was sent to bear
witness of that Light.
“Light”
The light of the world,
is the living word,
Jesus.
9 That was the true
Light which gives light
to every man coming
into the world.
“True light”
Jesus was
made the true light,
to bring salvation
to the world.
10 He was
in the world,
and the world was
made through Him,
and the world did
not know Him.
11 He came
to His own,
and His own
did not receive
Him.
12 But as many as
received Him, to
them He gave the
right to become
children of God,
to those who
believe in
His name.
The creator
of the universe,
was rejected by
His own creation.
to become children
of God, we must
receive Jesus as
our Saviour, and
Lord of our lives.
13 who were born,
not of blood, nor of
the will of the flesh,
nor of the will of
man, but of God.
Our birth,
is a spiritual birth,
a creation of God alone.
The Word Becomes Flesh
14 And the Word
became flesh and
dwelt among us,
and we beheld
His glory, the
glory as of the
only begotten of
the Father, full of
grace and truth.
As man was
created by God,
so God became one
of His own creation, and
the plan of Salvation
became a reality.
15 John bore witness
of Him and cried out,
saying, “This was He
of whom I said, ‘He
who comes after
me is preferred
before me, for
He was before me.”
God’s creation
bears witness of the creator,
this is God’s plan of life,
we were created to be
witnesses, to God’s
plan of Salvation.
16 And of His fullness
we have all received,
and grace for grace.
“Grace”
Grace is undeserved
love from God.
17 For the law was given
through Moses, but grace
and truth came through
Jesus Christ.
“The law”
The law was given,
to show man the
need of a Saviour.
“Grace”
God’s gift
of mercy,
to man.
“Truth”
“John 14:6”
Jesus said to him,
“I am the way, the truth,
and the life. No one
comes to the father
except through Me.”
18 No one has seen God at
any time. The only begotten
Son, who is in the bosom
of the Father, He has
declared Him.
It is through
knowing the Son,
that we see God.
“John 14:7”
“If you had known Me,
you would have known
My Father also, and
from now on you
know Him,
and have seen Him.”
A Voice in the Wilderness
19 Now this is the
testimony of John,
when the Jews sent
priests and Levites
from Jerusalem
to ask him,
“Who are you?”
20 He confessed,
and did not deny,
but confessed,
“I am not the Christ.”
21 And they asked him,
“What then? Are you Elijah?”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”
And he answered, “No.”
22 Then they said to him,
“Who are you, that we may
give an answer to those who
sent us? What do you say
about yourself?”
23 He said: “I am‘The voice
of one crying in the wilderness:
“Make straight the way of the Lord,” ’
as the prophet Isaiah said.”
“Isaiah 40:3”
The voice of one crying in the
wilderness, prepare the way of
the Lord, make straight in the
desert a highway for our God
John the Baptist,
explains his mission,
in God given words.
24 Now those
who were sent were
from the Pharisees.
25 And they asked him,
saying, “Why then do you
baptize if you are not
the Christ, nor Elijah,
nor the Prophet?”
26 John answered them,
saying, “I baptize with water,
but there stands One among
you whom you do not know.
27 It is He who,
coming after me, is
preferred before me,
whose sandal strap I am
not worthy to loose.”
This verse is
from the lips of
the one, called to
prepare the way of
the preferred. The one
above all, Christ Jesus,
our Saviour and Lord.
28 These things were done
in Bethabara beyond the Jordan,
where John was baptizing.
The Lamb of God
29 The next day John
saw Jesus coming toward
him, and said, “Behold!
The Lamb of God who
takes away the sin
of the world!
30 This is He of whom
I said, ‘After me comes
a Man who is preferred
before me, for He was
before me.’
31 I did not know Him;
but that He should be
revealed to Israel,
therefore I came
baptizing with water.”
32 And John
bore witness, saying,
“I saw the Spirit descending
from heaven like a dove,
and He remained upon Him.
The above words
are confirmed in:
“Matthew 3:16-17”
When He had been baptized,
Jesus came up immediately
from the water, and behold,
the heavens were opened
to Him, and He saw the
Spirit of God descending
like a dove and alighting
upon Him. And suddenly,
a voice came from
heaven, saying.
This is My beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased.
33 I did not know Him,
but He who sent me to
baptize with water said
to me, ‘Upon whom you
see the Spirit descending,
and remaining on Him,
this is He who baptizes
with the Holy Spirit.’
34 And I have seen
and testified that this
is the Son of God.”
“Baptizes with the Holy Spirit”
This is a wonderful one to
one experience with God.
“Acts 1:8”
But you shall receive power
when the Holy Spirit has
come upon you, and you
shall be witnesses to Me in
Jerusalem, and all Judea,
and Samaria, and to the
end of the earth.
The First Disciples
35 Again, the next day,
John stood with two of
his disciples
.
36 And looking at Jesus
as He walked, he said,
“Behold the Lamb of God!”
37 The two disciples
heard him speak, and
they followed Jesus.
38 Then Jesus
turned, and seeing
them following,
said to them,
“What do you seek?”
They said to Him, “Rabbi”
(which is to say, when
translated, Teacher),
“where are You staying?”
39 He
said to them,
“Come and see.”
They came and saw
where He was staying,
and remained with Him that day
(now it was about the tenth hour).
Our words
should direct others,
to our Lord Jesus Christ.
40 One of the two
who heard John speak,
and followed Him, was
Andrew, Simon
Peter’s brother.
41 He first found his
own brother Simon, and
said to him,
“We have found the Messiah”
(which is translated, the Christ).
42 And he brought him
to Jesus. Now when Jesus
looked at him, He said,
“You are Simon the son of
Jonah. You shall be called Cephas”
(which is translated, A Stone).
It is important to share
Jesus with our family.
Philip and Nathaniel
43 The following day
Jesus wanted to go to Galilee,
and He found Philip
and said to him,
“Follow Me.”
We must choose to follow
Jesus closely, and live
His teachings.
44 Now Philip
was from Bethsaida,
the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Philip found Nathaniel
and said to him, “We have
found Him of whom Moses
in the law, and also the
prophets, wrote-Jesus
of Nazareth, the son
of Joseph.”
46 And Nathaniel said to him,
“Can anything good come out
of Nazareth?”Philip said to
him, “Come and see.”
47 Jesus saw Nathaniel
coming toward Him, and
said of him,
“Behold,
an Israelite indeed,
in whom is no deceit!”
“Deceit”
To corrupt
the truth.
48 Nathaniel said to Him,
“How do You know me?”
Jesus answered and
said to him,
“Before Philip called you,
when you were under the
fig tree, I saw you.”
49 Nathaniel answered
and said to Him,“Rabbi,
You are the Son of God!
You are the King of Israel!”
50 Jesus answered
and said to him,
“Because I said to you,
‘I saw you under
the fig tree,’ do
you believe?
You will see
greater things
than these.”
51 And
He said to him,
“Most assuredly,
I say to you,
here after you shall
see heaven open, and the
angels of God ascending
and descending upon
the Son of Man.”
John chapter 2
Water Turned to Wine
1 On the third day there was
a wedding in Cana of Galilee,
and the mother of Jesus was there.
2 Now both Jesus
and His disciples
were invited to
the wedding.
3 And when
they ran out of wine,
the mother of Jesus said to Him,
“They have no wine.”
4 Jesus said to her,
“Woman, what does your
concern have to do with Me?
My hour has not yet come.”
Mary knew,
Jesus was the
Son of God.
5 His mother
said to the servants,
“Whatever He says
to you, do it.”
6 Now there were
set there six water pots
of stone, according
to the manner of
purification of the
Jews, containing
twenty or thirty
gallons apiece.
7 Jesus said to them,
“Fill the water pots with water.”
And they filled them up
to the brim.
8 And He said to them,
“Draw some out now, and
take it to the master
of the feast.”
And they took it.
9 When the master
of the feast had tasted
the water that was
made wine, and
did not know
where it
came from
(but the servants who
had drawn the water knew),
the master of the feast
called the bridegroom.
10 And he said to him,
“Every man at the beginning
sets out the good wine, and
when the guests have well
drunk, then the inferior.
You have kept the
good wine until now!”
11 This beginning of signs
Jesus did in Cana of Galilee,
and manifested His glory;
and His disciples
believed in Him.
12 After this
He went down
to Capernaum, He,
His mother, His brothers,
and His disciples; and they
did not stay there many days.
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
13 Now the
Passover of the Jews
was at hand, and Jesus
went up to Jerusalem.
14 And He found
in the temple those who
sold oxen and sheep
and doves, and the
money changers
doing business.
15 When He had
made a whip of cords,
He drove them all out of
the temple, with the sheep
and the oxen, and poured
out the changers’ money
and overturned the tables.
16 And He said
to those who sold doves,
“Take these things away!
Do not make My Father’s house
a house of merchandise!”
17 Then His disciples
remembered that it was written,
“Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up.”
“Zeal”
Intense love
for God’s house.
18 So the Jews
answered and said to Him,
“What sign do You show to us,
since You do these things?”
19 Jesus answered
and said to them,
“Destroy this temple,
and in three days
I will raise it up.”
20 Then the
Jews said, “It has taken
forty-six years to build this temple,
and will You raise it up in
three days?”
21 But He was
speaking of the
temple of His body.
22 Therefore,
when He had risen
from the dead, His disciples
remembered that He had
said this to them; and
they believed the
Scripture and
the word which
Jesus had said.
Through the resurrection of Jesus,
the plan of salvation was
revealed, to give us
eternal life.
Thank you,
Jesus!
The Discerner of Hearts
23 Now when
He was in Jerusalem
at the Passover,
during the feast,
many believed in
His name when
they saw the signs
which He did.
24 But Jesus
did not commit Himself
to them, because He
knew all men,
25 and had no
need that anyone
should testify of man,
for He knew what was in man.
Jesus knows what is in
the heart of every man.
Man does not know
the heart of God,
until he commits
himself to God
in faith.
John chapter 3
The New Birth
1 There was a man
of the Pharisees named
Nicodemus a ruler
of the Jews.
2 This man
came to Jesus by night
and said to Him, “Rabbi,
we know that You are a
teacher come from God;
for no one can do these
signs that You do unless
God is with him.”
3 Jesus answered
and said to him,
“Most assuredly,
I say to you, unless
one is born again,
he cannot see the
kingdom of God.”
These very important
words are spoken to all
God’s children. Jesus is
teaching essential,
divine truth.
“Most assuredly”
Absolute truth,
without any
doubt.
“Born again”
Born of the
Spirit of God,
a new spiritual birth.
The new life we are given
will last forever, as we begin
living eternal life now! The great
change is made in our heart, by
the power of the Holy Spirit. We
allow the Holy Spirit to change
us. We must be entirely different
from what we were before,
as we live each new day
in obedience to Jesus
teachings. We are
blessed to experience a
foretaste, of eternal life in heaven.
“1 Peter 1:23”
Having been born again,
not of corruptible seed, but
Incorruptible, through the
word of God, which lives
and abides forever.
4 Nicodemus said to Him,
“How can a man be born when he is old?
Can he enter a second time into his
mother’s womb and be born?”
5 Jesus answered,
“Most assuredly, I say to you,
unless one is born of water
and the Spirit, he cannot
enter the kingdom of God."
“Water and the Spirit”
Water signifies the birth of
human life on earth.
The Spirit signifies
the new birth
from heaven.
_ _ _
Once we have human life
on earth, we must be
born again in the Spirit,
to live forever in heaven.
“John 14:15-18”
“If you love Me,
keep My commandments,
and I will pray the Father, and
He will give you another helper,
that He may abide with you
forever, even the Spirit of truth,
whom the world cannot receive,
because it neither sees Him
nor knows Him, but you know
Him, for He dwells with you,
and will be in you. I will
not leave you orphans,
I will come to you.”
6 That which is born
of the flesh is flesh, and
that which is born of
the Spirit is Spirit.
7 Do not marvel
that I said to you,
‘You must be born again.’
“You must be born again”
“1 John 3:9”
Whoever has been born of God
does not sin, for His seed
remains in him, and he
cannot sin, because
he has been born
of God.
“His seed”
The Holy Spirit.
“Ephesians 4:22-24”
That you put off,
concerning your former
conduct, the old man which
grows corrupt according to the
deceitful lusts, and be renewed in
the spirit of your mind, and that you
put on the new man which was
created according to God,
in true righteousness
and holiness.
8 The wind blows
where it wishes, and you
hear the sound of it,
but cannot tell
where it
comes from
and where it goes.
So is everyone who is
born of the Spirit.”
“Wind”
The Holy Spirit
is likened to the wind.
“Acts 2:2-4”
When the day of Pentecost had
fully come, they were all with
one accord in one place.
And suddenly there
came a sound
from heaven,
as of a rushing
mighty wind, and it
filled the whole house
where they were sitting.
Then there appeared to them
divided tongues, as of fire, and one
sat upon each of them. And they
were all filled with the Holy Spirit,
and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit gave
them utterance.
9 Nicodemus
answered and
said to Him,
“How can these things be?”
10 Jesus
answered
and said to him,
“Are you the teacher of Israel,
and do not know these things?
11 Most assuredly, I
say to you, We speak
what We know and testify
what We have seen, and you
do not receive Our witness.
12 If I have
told you earthly things
and you do not believe,
how will you believe if I
tell you heavenly things?
It is the same today,
our Lord speaks through
His word, many choose
not to believe.
13 No one has
ascended to heaven
but He who came
down from heaven,
that is, the Son of Man
who is in heaven.
14 And as Moses
lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness,
even so must the
Son of Man be
lifted up,
“Serpent in the wilderness”
“Numbers 21:9”
So Moses made a
bronze serpent, and
put it on a pole, and so
it was, if a serpent had
bitten anyone when he
looked at the bronze
Serpent, he lived.
We must keep
our eyes on Jesus.
To live as He lived.
15 that whoever
believes in Him should
not perish but have
eternal life.
Jesus death
on the cross,
and resurrection,
assures believers
of eternal life.
16 For God so
loved the world
that He gave His
only begotten Son,
that whoever believes
in Him should not perish
but have everlasting life.
This is the most quoted verse
in the bible, a promise
of eternal life.
17 For God
did not send His
Son into the world to
condemn the world,
but that the world
through Him might
be saved.
18 “He who believes
in Him is not condemned;
but he who does not believe
is condemned already,
because he has not
believed in the name
of the only begotten
Son of God.
Unbelievers have
no hope of salvation.
“Condemned”
To pronounce
judgment.
19 And this is
the condemnation,
that the light has come
into the world, and men
loved darkness rather
than light, because
their deeds were evil.
“Light”
Is Jesus
“Darkness”
Unbelief, sin, evil.
20 For everyone
practicing evil hates
the light and does
not come to the
light, lest his
deeds should
be exposed.
21 But he
who does the
truth comes to
the light, that
his deeds
may be
clearly
seen,
that they
have been
done in God.”
John the Baptist
Exalts Christ
22 After these things
Jesus and His disciples
came into the land of
Judea, and there
He remained
with them and
baptized.
23 Now John
also was baptizing
in Aenon near Salim,
because there was
much water there.
And they came
and were baptized.
24 For John
had not yet been
thrown into prison.
25 Then there
arose a dispute
between some of
John’s disciples
and the Jews
about purification.
Purification,
here refers to
baptism.
26 And they
came to John and
said to him, “Rabbi,
He who was with you
beyond the Jordan, to
whom you have testified
behold, He is baptizing,
and all are coming to Him!”
27 John answered
and said, “A man can
receive nothing unless
it has been given to
him from heaven.
28 You yourselves
bear me witness, that
I said,‘I am not the Christ,’ but,
‘I have been sent before Him.’
29 He who has the
bride is the bridegroom;
but the friend of the
bridegroom, who
stands and hears
him, rejoices greatly
because of the bridegroom’s
voice. Therefore this joy
of mine is fulfilled.
“Bridegroom”
is Jesus.
30 He must increase,
but I must decrease.
So it is with
each believer,
Jesus must increase,
we must decrease.
31 He who
comes from above
is above all; he who
is of the earth is earthly
and speaks of the earth.
He who comes from
heaven is above all.
“He who comes from above”
Is Jesus.
“He who is of the earth”
Is John the Baptist.
32 And what
He has seen and
heard, that He
testifies; and
no one
receives
His testimony.
33 He who has
received His testimony
has certified that
God is true.
34 For He whom
God has sent speaks
the words of God,
for God does not
give the Spirit
by measure.
35 The Father
loves the Son,
and has given all
things into His hand.
36 He who
believes in the Son
has everlasting life;
and he who does not
believe the Son
shall not see life,
but the wrath of
God abides on him.”
This verse
shows us the
importance of
belief in Jesus.
John chapter 4
A Samaritan Woman
Meets Her Messiah
1 Therefore,
when the Lord
knew that the Pharisees
had heard that Jesus made
and baptized more
disciples than John
2 (though Jesus Himself did
not baptize, but His disciples),
3 He left Judea and
departed again to Galilee.
4 But He needed
to go through Samaria.
5 So He
came to a city
of Samaria which is
called Sychar, near
the plot of ground
that Jacob gave to
his son Joseph.
6 Now Jacob’s well
was there. Jesus therefore,
being wearied from His
journey, sat thus by the
well. It was about the
sixth hour.
7 A woman
of Samaria came
to draw water.
Jesus said to her,
“Give Me a drink.”
8 For His
disciples had
gone away into
the city to buy food.
9 Then the woman
of Samaria said to Him,
“How is it that You,
being a Jew,
ask a drink from me,
a Samaritan woman?”
For Jews have no
dealings with Samaritans.
The Samaritans were of mixed
Jewish and Gentile heritage,
not acceptable to Jews.
10 Jesus
answered
and said to her,
“If you knew the gift of God,
and who it is who says to
you, ‘Give Me a drink,’
you would have asked
Him, and He would
have given you
living water.”
“Living water”
Is eternal life.
11 The woman
said to Him, “Sir,
You have nothing to
draw with, and the
well is deep. Where
then do You get that
living water?
12 Are You
greater than our
father Jacob, who
gave us the well, and
drank from it himself, as
well as his sons and
his livestock?”
13 Jesus
answered
and said to her,
“Whoever drinks of this
water will thirst again,
14 but whoever
drinks of the water
that I shall give him
will never thirst. But the
water that I shall give him
will become in him a fountain
of water springing up into
everlasting life.”
“Never thirst”
Hallelujah, keep
drinking living water,
live Jesus teachings.
15 The woman
said to Him,“Sir,
give me this water,
that I may not thirst,
nor come here to draw.”
16 Jesus
said to her,
“Go, call
your husband,
and come here.”
17 The woman
answered and said,
“I have no husband.
”Jesus said to her,
“You have well said,
‘I have no husband,’
18 for you have
had five husbands,
and the one whom
you now have is
not your husband; in
that you spoke truly.”
Before this woman
could be saved, she
must come to Jesus in
true repentance. Only
those who know themselves
to be lost can be saved.
The woman was a sinner,
and until she was willing
to acknowledge this, the
Lord could not bless her
with living water.
19 The woman
said to Him, “Sir,
I perceive that You
are a prophet.
20 Our fathers
worshiped on this
mountain, and you
Jews say that in
Jerusalem is the
place where one
ought to worship.”
21 Jesus said
to her, “Woman,
believe Me, the
hour is coming
when you will
neither on this
mountain, nor
in Jerusalem,
worship the
Father.
22 You worship
what you do not
know; we know
what we worship,
for salvation is
of the Jews.
Religion is not the
way to salvation,
only those who
believe Jesus christ
is the Saviour will
be saved.
23 But the
hour is coming,
and now is, when
the true worshipers
will worship the Father
in spirit and truth; for
the Father is seeking
such to worship Him.
24 God is Spirit,
and those who worship
Him must worship in
Spirit and truth.”
“Spirit and truth”
Must be one, this is worship
from the heart, without truth,
the Spirit is not present.
True worship means
that a believer
enters the
presents
of God
by faith.
25 The
woman said to Him,
“I know that Messiah is coming”
(who is called Christ).
“When He comes,
He will tell us
all things.”
26 Jesus said to her,
“I who speak to you am He.”
She believed in
the truth of
the Messiah.
The Whitened Harvest
27 And at
this point His
disciples came,
and they marveled
that He talked with a
woman; yet no one said,
“What do You seek?” or,
“Why are You talking with her?”
28 The woman
then left her waterpot,
went her way into the city,
and said to the men,
29 “Come,
see a Man who
told me all things
that I ever did.
Could this be the Christ?”
30 Then they
went out of the city
and came to Him.
31 In
the meantime
His disciples
urged Him,
saying,
“Rabbi, eat.”
32 But He
said to them,
“I have food
to eat of which
you do not know.”
33 Therefore
the disciples said
to one another,
“Has anyone brought
Him anything to eat?”
34 Jesus
said to them,
“My food is to do
the will of Him who
sent Me, and to finish
His work.
Doing the Fathers will fed
Jesus, and satisfied Him.
This food is not just knowing,
but living the word of God.
“Work”
Jesus work was to complete
God’s plan of salvation.
35 Do
you not say,
‘There are still
four months and
then comes the harvest’?
Behold, I say to you, lift
up your eyes and look
at the fields, for they
are already white
for harvest!
Christians are the workers
in the harvest fields.
Today is the day
to harvest in
the fields of
lost souls.
36 And he
who reaps receives
wages, and gathers
fruit for eternal life,
that both he who
sows and he
who reaps
may rejoice
together.
37 For in this
the saying is true:
‘One sows and
another reaps.’
38 I sent you
to reap that for
which you have not
labored; others have
labored, and you have
entered into their labors.”
The Savior of the World
39 And many
of the Samaritans of
that city believed in Him
because of the word of
the woman who testified,
“He told me all that I ever did.”
The testimony
of the woman at the
well. Is an example of
a laborer in the harvest field,
as she witnessed Jesus to
everyone.
40 So when
the Samaritans
had come to Him,
they urged Him to
stay with them; and
He stayed there
two days.
41 And many
more believed
because of His
own word.
42 Then they
said to the woman,
“Now we believe, not
because of what you said,
for we ourselves have heard
Him and we know that this
is indeed the Christ, the
Savior of the world.”
Welcome at Galilee
43 Now after
the two days He
departed from there
and went to Galilee.
44 For Jesus
Himself testified
that a prophet
has no honor
in his own
country.
45 So when
He came to Galilee,
the Galileans received
Him, having seen all
the things He did in
Jerusalem at the
feast; for they
also had gone
to the feast.
A Nobleman’s
Son Healed
46 So Jesus
came again to
Cana of Galilee
where He had made
the water wine. And there
was a certain nobleman
whose son was sick
at Capernaum.
47 When he
heard that Jesus
had come out of
Judea into Galilee,
he went to Him and
implored Him to come
down and heal his son,
for he was at the
point of death.
“Implored”
To call upon
earnestly.
48 Then
Jesus said to him,
“Unless you people see
signs and wonders, you
will by no means believe.”
Jesus knows
the heart of man,
when man’s faith was in
signs and wonders.
49 The nobleman
said to Him, “Sir, come
down before my child dies!”
50 Jesus said to him,
“Go your way; your son lives.”
So the man believed the word
that Jesus spoke to him,
and he went his way.
The man
believed,
and received
healing for his son.
51 And as
he was now
going down, his
servants met him and
told him, saying,
“Your son lives!”
52 Then he
inquired of them the
hour when he got better.
And they said to him,
“Yesterday at the seventh
hour the fever left him.”
53 So the
father knew that
it was at the same
hour in which
Jesus said to him,
“Your son lives.”
And he himself believed,
and his whole household.
54 This again
is the second sign
Jesus did when He
had come out of
Judea into Galilee.
John chapter 5
A Man Healed at
the Pool of Bethesda
1 After this
there was a feast
of the Jews, and Jesus
went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is
in Jerusalem by the
Sheep Gate a pool,
which is called in Hebrew,
Bethesda, having five porches.
3 In these
lay a great
multitude of sick
people, blind, lame,
paralyzed, waiting
for the moving of
the water.
4 For an
angel went down
at a certain time into the
pool and stirred up the water;
then whoever stepped in first,
after the stirring of the water,
was made well of whatever
disease he had.
5 Now a
certain man
was there who
had an infirmity
thirty-eight years.
6 When Jesus
saw him lying there,
and knew that he already
had been in that condition
a long time, He said to him,
“Do you want to be made well?”
7 The sick man
answered Him,
“Sir, I have no man
to put me into the pool
when the water is stirred up;
but while I am coming,
another steps down
before me.”
8 Jesus said to him,
“Rise, take up your bed and walk.”
9 And immediately
the man was made well,
took up his bed, and walked.
And that day was the Sabbath.
10 The Jews
therefore said to him who
was cured, “It is the Sabbath;
it is not lawful for you to
carry your bed.”
11 He answered them,
“He who made me well said to me,
‘Take up your bed and walk.’ ”
12 Then they asked him,
“Who is the Man who said to you,
‘Take up your bed and walk’?”
13 But the one
who was healed did
not know who it was,
for Jesus had withdrawn, a
multitude being in that place.
14 Afterward
Jesus found him in
the temple, and said to him,
“See, you have been made well.
Sin no more, lest a worse thing
come upon you.”
15 The man
departed and told
the Jews that it was Jesus
who had made him well.
Honor the
Father and the Son
16 For this reason
the Jews persecuted Jesus,
and sought to kill Him, because
He had done these things
on the Sabbath.
17 But Jesus
answered them,
“My Father has been
working until now,
and I have been
working.”
18 Therefore
the Jews sought all
the more to kill Him,
because He not only
broke the Sabbath,
but also said that
God was His Father,
making Himself
equal with God.
19 Then Jesus
answered and
said to them,
“Most assuredly,
I say to you, the Son can
do nothing of Himself,
but what He sees the
Father do; for whatever
He does, the Son also
does in like manner.
20 For the
Father loves the Son,
and shows Him all things
that He Himself does;
and He will show
Him greater works
than these, that
you may marvel.
21 For as the
Father raises the dead
and gives life to them,
even so the Son gives
life to whom He will.
22 For the Father
judges no one, but has
committed all judgment
to the Son,
23 that all
should honor the
Son just as they
honor the Father.
He who does not
honor the Son does
not honor the Father
who sent Him.
Life and Judgment
Are Through the Son
24 “Most assuredly,
I say to you, he who hears
My word and believes in
Him who sent Me has
everlasting life, and
shall not come into
judgment, but has
passed from death
into life.
“Shall not come into judgment”
There will be no judgment
for believers that have
received the gift of
eternal life.
25 Most assuredly,
I say to you, the hour is
coming, and now is, when
the dead will hear the voice
of the Son of God; and
those who hear will live.
26 For as
the Father has
life in Himself, so
He has granted
the Son to have
life in Himself,
27 and has
given Him authority
to execute judgment
also, because He is
the Son of Man.
28 Do not
marvel at this; for
the hour is coming
in which all who are
in the graves will
hear His voice
29 and come forth
those who have done good,
to the resurrection of life,
and those who have
done evil, to the
resurrection of
condemnation.
Christians will hear His voice,
and receive the promise
of eternal life.
30 I can of
Myself do nothing.
As I hear, I judge; and
My judgment is righteous,
because I do not seek
My own will but the will
of the Father who
sent Me.
The Fourfold Witness
31 “If I bear
witness of Myself,
My witness is not true.
According to Jewish law,
a person’s testimony
about himself, was
not accepted
in court.
32 There is another
who bears witness of Me,
and I know that the witness
which He witnesses of
Me is true.
33 You have
sent to John, and he
has borne witness
to the truth.
34 Yet I
do not receive
testimony from man,
but I say these things
that you may be saved.
Jesus was speaking
to unbelieving Jews.
35 He was the
burning and shining
lamp, and you were
willing for a time to
rejoice in his light.
“He”
Is John the Baptist
36 But I have
a greater witness
than John’s; for the works
which the Father has given
Me to finish; the very works
that I do; bear witness of Me,
that the Father has sent Me.
“Works”- miracles.
37 And the
Father Himself,
who sent Me,
has testified of Me.
You have neither heard
His voice at any time,
nor seen His form.
“Testified”
To make
known publicly.
38 But you
do not have
His word abiding
in you, because whom
He sent, Him you do
not believe.
39 You search
the Scriptures, for
in them you think
you have eternal life;
and these are they
which testify of Me.
The Scribes searched
the scriptures, but they
did not know God.
They did not believe
the Spiritual truths.
40 But you
are not willing
to come to Me
that you may
have life.
41 “I do not
receive honor from men.
42 But I know
you, that you do
not have the love
of God in you.
43 I have come
in My Father’s name,
and you do not receive
Me; if another comes in
his own name, him
you will receive.
44 How can
you believe, who
receive honor from one
another, and do not
seek the honor that
comes from the
only God?
45 Do not think
that I shall accuse
you to the Father;
there is one who
accuses you; Moses,
in whom you trust.
46 For if
you believed
Moses, you would
believe Me; for he
wrote about Me.
47 But if
you do not
believe his writings,
how will you believe
My words?”
These words were spoken
to the unbelieving Jews,
because they would not
believe on the one
God had sent,
Jesus the Saviour.
Their hearts were
hardened, and
their ears were
dull of hearing.
John chapter 6
Feeding the Five Thousand
1 After these things
Jesus went over the Sea
of Galilee, which is the
Sea of Tiberias.
2 Then a great
multitude followed Him,
because they saw His
signs which He
performed
on those who
were diseased.
3 And Jesus
went up on the
mountain, and there
He sat with His disciples.
4 Now the Passover,
a feast of the Jews, was near.
“Passover”
A feast instituted by God,
in commemoration of the
deliverance of Israel
from Egypt.
5 Then Jesus
lifted up His eyes,
and seeing a great
multitude coming
toward Him, He
said to Philip,
“Where shall
we buy bread,
that these may eat?”
6 But this He
said to test him,
for He Himself knew
what He would do.
7 Philip
answered Him,
“Two hundred denarii
worth of bread is not
sufficient for them, that
every one of them
may have a little.”
8 One of
His disciples, Andrew,
Simon Peter’s brother,
said to Him,
9 “There is a lad
here who has five barley
loaves and two small fish,
but what are they
among so many?”
10 Then Jesus said,
“Make the people sit down.”
Now there was much grass
in the place. So the men
sat down, in number
about five thousand.
11 And Jesus
took the loaves,
and when He had
given thanks
He distributed
them to the disciples,
and the disciples to
those sitting down;
and likewise of the fish,
as much as they wanted.
12 So when
they were filled, He
said to His disciples,
“Gather up the fragments
that remain, so that
nothing is lost.”
13 Therefore
they gathered them up,
and filled twelve baskets
with the fragments of the
five barley loaves which
were left over by those
who had eaten.
14 Then those
men, when they
had seen the sign
that Jesus did, said,
“This is truly the Prophet
who is to come into
the world.”
Jesus Walks on the Sea
15 Therefore
when Jesus perceived
that they were about
to come and take Him
by force to make Him
king, He departed
again to the mountain
by Himself alone.
16 Now
when evening
came, His disciples
went down to the sea,
17 got into the boat,
and went over the sea
toward Capernaum.
And it was already
dark, and Jesus had
not come to them.
18 Then the
sea arose because
a great wind was
blowing.
19 So when
they had rowed
about three or four
miles, they saw Jesus
walking on the sea
and drawing near
the boat; and they
were afraid.
20 But He
said to them,
“It is I; do not be afraid.”
21 Then
they willingly
received Him into
the boat, and
immediately
the boat was
at the land
where they
were going.
Jesus walks on the water,
and supernaturally
transports
the disciples
to their destination.
The Bread from Heaven
22 On the
following day, when
the people who were
standing on the other
side of the sea saw that
there was no other boat
there, except that one which
His disciples had entered,
and that Jesus had not
entered the boat with
His disciples, but His
disciples had gone
away alone.
23 however,
other boats came
from Tiberias, near
the place where
they ate bread
after the Lord
had given thanks.
24 when the
people therefore
saw that Jesus was not
there, nor His disciples,
they also got into
boats and came
to Capernaum,
seeking Jesus.
25 And when
they found Him
on the other side
of the sea, they said
to Him, “Rabbi, when
did You come here?”
26 Jesus
answered
them and said,
“Most assuredly,
I say to you, you seek Me,
not because you saw the signs,
but because you ate of the
loaves and were filled.
27 Do not
labor for the food
which perishes, but for
the food which endures to
everlasting life, which the
Son of Man will give you,
because God the Father
has set His seal on Him.”
“The food which endures
to everlasting life”
“Matthew 4:4”
But He answered and said,
“It is written, man shall
not live by bread alone
but by every word that
proceeds from the
mouth of God."
“Seal”
God the Father
declared Jesus
to be the
Son of God
with power, to
give Christians
eternal life.,
28 Then
they said to Him,
“What shall we do,
that we may work
the works of God?”
29 Jesus
answered
and said to them,
“This is the work of God,
that you believe in Him
whom He sent.”
30 Therefore
they said to Him,
“What sign will You
perform then, that we
may see it and believe You?
What work will You do?
31 Our fathers
ate the manna in the
desert; as it is written,
‘He gave them bread
from heaven to eat.’ ”
32 Then
Jesus said to them,
“Most assuredly, I say to you,
Moses did not give you
the bread from heaven,
but My Father gives you
the true bread from
heaven.
33 For the
bread of God
is He who comes
down from heaven
and gives life to
the world.”
“The bread of God”
Is Jesus.
34 Then
they said to Him,
“Lord, give us this
bread always.”
35 And
Jesus said to them,
“I am the bread of life.
He who comes to Me
shall never hunger,
and he who
believes in
Me shall never thirst.
36 But I said
to you that you
have seen Me and
yet do not believe.
37 All that
the Father gives
Me will come to Me,
and the one who comes
to Me I will by no
means cast out.
38 For I have
come down from
heaven, not to do
My own will, but the
will of Him who
sent Me.
39 This is the
will of the Father
who sent Me, that of
all He has given Me
I should lose nothing,
but should raise it
up at the last day.
40 And this
is the will of Him
who sent Me, that
everyone who
sees the Son and
believes in Him may
have everlasting life;
and I will raise him
up at the last day.”
Promises of eternal life,
to all believers.
Rejected by His Own
41 The Jews
then complained
about Him,
because
He said,
“I am the bread
which came down
from heaven.”
42 And
they said,
“Is not this Jesus,
the son of Joseph,
whose father and mother
we know? How is it
then that He says,
‘I have come down
from heaven’?”
43 Jesus therefore
answered and said to them,
“Do not murmur among
yourselves.
44 No one
can come to Me
unless the Father
who sent Me
draws him;
and I will
raise him up
at the last day.
“Draws”
Through the teaching
of the word, the Father
draws believers to His
Son, Jesus our Saviour.
“John 12:32”
“And I, if I am
lifted up from the earth,
will draw all peoples
to Myself.”
45 It is
written in the
prophets, ‘And they
shall all be taught by God.’
Therefore everyone who
has heard and learned
from the Father
comes to Me.
46 Not that
anyone has seen
the Father, except He
who is from God; He has
seen the Father.
47 Most assuredly,
I say to you, he who
believes in Me has
everlasting life.
This is the promise
of everlasting life.
48 I am
the bread of life.
49 Your fathers
ate the manna in the
wilderness, and are dead.
50 This is the bread
which comes down from
heaven, that one may
eat of it and not die.
51 I am
the living bread
which came down
from heaven. If anyone
eats of this bread, he
will live forever;
and the bread
that I shall give
is My flesh, which
I shall give for the life
of the world.”
52 The Jews
therefore quarreled
among themselves,
saying, “How can
this Man give us
His flesh to eat?”
53 Then Jesus
said to them,
“Most assuredly,
I say to you,
unless you eat the
flesh of the Son of Man
and drink His blood,
you have no life in you.
54 Whoever
eats My flesh and
drinks My blood
has eternal life,
and I will raise him
up at the last day.
55 For My flesh
is food indeed,
and My blood
is drink indeed.
56 He who
eats My flesh
and drinks My blood
abides in Me, and
I in him.
57 As the
living Father sent Me,
and I live because
of the Father, so he
who feeds on Me
will live because of Me.
58 This
is the bread
which came down
from heaven not as
your fathers ate the
manna, and are dead.
He who eats this bread
will live forever.”
Verses 48-58, are
powerful, and promising.
Eating Jesus body, and
drinking His blood,
are absolutely
essential to
receive
eternal life.
_ _ _
We receive in communion
Jesus body and blood
in our innermost being,
Jesus becomes part
of us spiritually,
and we are promised
to receive eternal life.
59 These
things He said
in the synagogue
as He taught in
Capernaum.
Many Disciples Turn Away
60 Therefore
many of His disciples,
when they heard this, said,
“This is a hard saying;
who can understand it?”
61 When Jesus
knew in Himself that
His disciples complained
about this, He said to them,
“Does this offend you?
62 What then
if you should see the
Son of Man ascend
where He was before?
63 It is the
Spirit who gives life;
the flesh profits nothing.
The words that I speak
to you are spirit,
and they are life.
“Spirit”
The Spirit is the breath
of eternal life.
64 But there
are some of you
who do not believe.”
For Jesus knew from
the beginning who
they were who did
not believe, and who
would betray Him.
65 And He said,
“Therefore I have said
to you that no one
can come to Me
unless it has been
granted to him
by My Father.”
“Granted”
God gives life
to those who
believe in
His Son.
“John 3:16”
“For God so loved the world
that He gave His only
begotten Son, that
whoever believes
in Him should
not perish but
have everlasting life.”
66 From that time many
of His disciples went back
and walked with Him no more.
67 Then Jesus
said to the twelve,
“Do you also want to go away?”
68 But Simon
Peter answered Him,
“Lord, to whom shall we go?
You have the words of eternal life.
69 Also we have come to believe
and know that You are the Christ,
the Son of the living God.”
70 Jesus answered them,
“Did I not choose you, the twelve,
and one of you is a devil?”
71 He spoke
of Judas Iscariot,
the son of Simon, for it
was he who would betray
Him, being one of the twelve.
John chapter 7
Jesus’ Brothers Disbelieve
1 After these things
Jesus walked in Galilee;
for He did not want to
walk in Judea, because
the Jews sought to kill Him.
2 Now the Jews’
Feast of Tabernacles
was at hand.
“Feast of Tabernacles”
In memory,
when the Israelite's
wandered in the wilderness,
and lived in tents.
3 His brothers
therefore said to Him,
“Depart from here
and go into Judea,
that Your disciples
also may see the
works that You
are doing.
4 For no one
does anything in secret
while he himself seeks
to be known openly.
If You do these things,
show Yourself to the world.”
5 For even
His brothers did
not believe in Him.
6 Then Jesus
said to them,
“My time has
not yet come,
but your time
is always ready.
7 The world
cannot hate you,
but it hates Me
because I testify
of it that its
works are evil.
8 You go
up to this feast.
I am not yet going
up to this feast, for
My time has not yet
fully come.”
9 When He had
said these things to
them, He remained
in Galilee.
The Heavenly Scholar
10 But when His
brothers had gone up,
then He also went up
to the feast, not openly,
but as it were in secret.
11 Then the Jews
sought Him at the feast,
and said, “Where is He?”
12 And there was
much complaining
among the people
concerning Him.
Some said,
“He is good”;
others said,
“No, on the
contrary, He
deceives the
people.”
13 However, no
one spoke openly
of Him for fear
of the Jews.
14 Now about the
middle of the feast
Jesus went up into
the temple and taught.
15 And the
Jews marveled,
saying,“How does
this Man know letters,
having never studied?”
16 Jesus
answered
them and said,
“My doctrine is not Mine,
but His who sent Me.
“Doctrine”
A teaching or belief,
Jesus teaching came
directly from God.
17 If anyone
wills to do His will,
he shall know concerning
the doctrine, whether it is
from God or whether
I speak on My
own authority.
18 He who
speaks from himself
seeks his own glory;
but He who seeks the
glory of the One who
sent Him is true, and no
unrighteousness is in Him.
“Unrighteousness”
Sinful, ungodly,
wicked.
19 Did not Moses
give you the law,
yet none of you
keeps the law?
Why do you
seek to kill Me?”
20 The people
answered and said,
“You have a demon.
Who is seeking to kill You?”
21 Jesus
answered
and said to them,
“I did one work,
and you all marvel.
22 Moses therefore
gave you circumcision
(not that it is from Moses,
but from the fathers),
and you circumcise a
man on the Sabbath.
23 If a man
receives circumcision
on the Sabbath, so
that the law of Moses
should not be broken,
are you angry with Me
because I made a man
completely well on
the Sabbath?
24 Do not judge
according to appearance,
but judge with righteous
judgment.”
“Righteous judgment”
Judging by the truth,
of the word of God.
Could This Be the Christ?
25 Now some of them from
Jerusalem said, “Is this not
He whom they seek to kill?
26 But look!
He speaks boldly,
and they say nothing
to Him. Do the rulers
know indeed that this
is truly the Christ?
27 However,
we know where
this Man is from;
but when the Christ
comes, no one knows
where He is from.”
28 Then
Jesus cried out, as
He taught in the temple,
saying,“You both know
Me, and you know where
I am from; and I have not
come of Myself, but He
who sent Me is true,
whom you do
not know.
29 But I know Him,
for I am from Him,
and He sent Me.”
30 Therefore
they sought to take
Him; but no one laid a
hand on Him, because
His hour had not
yet come.
31 And
many of the
people believed
in Him, and said,
“When the Christ comes,
will He do more signs
than these which this
Man has done?”
Jesus and the Religious Leaders
32 The Pharisees
heard the crowd
murmuring these
things concerning
Him, and the
Pharisees
and the
chief priests
sent officers to
take Him.
33 Then
Jesus said to them,
“I shall be with you a
little while longer,
and then I go to
Him who sent Me.
34 You will
seek Me and
not find Me,
and where I am
you cannot come.”
Jesus would be in heaven.
35 Then
the Jews said
among themselves,
“Where does He intend to go
that we shall not find Him?
Does He intend to go to the
Dispersion among the Greeks
and teach the Greeks?
“Dispersion”
Scattered Jews
among the Greeks.
36 What is this
thing that He said,
‘You will seek Me
and not find Me,
and where I am
you cannot come’?”
The Promise of the Holy Spirit
37 On the last day,
that great day of the feast,
Jesus stood and cried
out, saying,
“If anyone thirsts,
let him come to
Me and drink.
“If anyone thirsts”
Thirsts here, speaks
of a spiritual need.
“Come to Me and drink”
listen and believe
Jesus teachings.
38 He who
believes in Me,
as the Scripture has
said, out of his heart
will flow rivers of
living water.”
“Living water”
Is the flowing of
the Holy Spirit,
from our lives,
into the lives
of others.
39 But this He
spoke concerning
the Spirit, whom those
believing in Him would
receive; for the Holy Spirit
was not yet given, because
Jesus was not yet glorified.
“Glorified”
The resurrection, and
ascension, of Jesus.
Who Is He?
40 Therefore
many from the
crowd, when they
heard this saying, said,
“Truly this is the Prophet.”
41 Others said,
“This is the Christ.”
But some said,
“Will the Christ come
out of Galilee?
42 Has not the
Scripture said that the
Christ comes from the
seed of David and from
the town of Bethlehem,
where David was?”
43 So there
was a division
among the people
because of Him.
44 Now some
of them wanted to
take Him, but no one
laid hands on Him.
Rejected by the Authorities
45 Then the
officers came to the
chief priests and Pharisees,
who said to them, “Why
have you not brought Him?”
46 The
officers answered,
“No man ever spoke
like this Man!”
47 Then
the Pharisees
answered them,
“Are you also deceived?
48 Have any
of the rulers or the
Pharisees believed in Him?
49 But this
crowd that does
not know the law
is accursed.”
“The law is accursed”
The law is accursed to
the unbelieving Jews,
they thought keeping
the law would bring
them salvation. The
law was given to
show man the
need of a
Saviour.
50 Nicodemus
(he who came to Jesus
by night, being one of
them) said to them,
51 “Does our law
judge a man before it
hears him and knows
what he is doing?”
52 They
answered
and said to him,
“Are you also from Galilee?
Search and look, for no
prophet has arisen
out of Galilee.”
53 And everyone
went to his own house.
John chapter 8
Jesus the Light of the World
1 But Jesus went
to the Mount of Olives.
An Adulteress Faces
the Light of the World
2 Now early
in the morning
He came again
into the temple,
and all the people
came to Him; and
He sat down and
taught them.
3 Then the
scribes and Pharisees
brought to Him a woman
caught in adultery. And when
they had set her in the midst,
4 they said to Him,
“Teacher, this woman
was caught in adultery,
in the very act.
5 Now Moses, in the law,
commanded us that such
should be stoned. But
what do You say?”
6 This they
said, testing Him,
that they might have
something of which
to accuse Him.
But Jesus
stooped down
and wrote on the
ground with His finger,
as though He did
not hear.
7 So when
they continued
asking Him, He raised
Himself up and said to them,
“He who is without sin among you,
let him throw a stone at her first.”
8 And again He stooped
down and wrote on the ground.
9 Then those who heard
it, being convicted by their
conscience, went out one
by one, beginning with
the oldest even to the
last. And Jesus was
left alone, and the
woman standing
in the midst.
“Conscience”
God has given all
believers a conscience,
as we listen to our
conscience,
our conscience will
warn us, and convict
us of our own sin.
“Acts 24:16”
This being so,
I myself always strive
to have a conscience without
offense toward God
and men.
10 When Jesus
had raised Himself up
and saw no one but the
woman, He said to her,
“Woman, where are those
accusers of yours? Has no
one condemned you?”
11 She said,
“No one, Lord.”
And Jesus said to her,
“Neither do I condemn you;
go and sin no more.”
12 Then Jesus spoke
to them again, saying,
“I am the light of the world.
He who follows Me shall
not walk in darkness,
but have the light
of life.”
“John 12:46”
“I have come as
a light into the world,
that whoever believes
in Me should not
abide in darkness.”
Jesus Defends
His Self-Witness
13 The Pharisees
therefore said to Him,
“You bear witness of Yourself;
Your witness is not true.”
14 Jesus
answered
and said to them,
“Even if I bear witness
of Myself, My witness
is true, for I know where
I came from and where
I am going; but you do
not know where I come
from and where
I am going.
15 You judge
according to the
flesh; I judge
no one.
16 And yet
if I do judge,
My judgment
is true; for I am
not alone, but I am
with the Father
who sent Me.
17 It is also
written in your law
that the testimony
of two men is true.
18 I am One
who bears witness
of Myself, and the
Father who sent Me
bears witness of Me.”
19 Then they
said to Him,
“Where is Your Father?”
Jesus answered,
“You know neither Me
nor My Father. If you
had known Me, you
would have known
My Father also.”
20 These words
Jesus spoke in the
treasury, as He taught
in the temple; and no
one laid hands on
Him, for His hour
had not yet come.
Jesus Predicts His Departure
21 Then Jesus
said to them again,
“I am going away,
and you will seek
Me, and will die
in your sin. Where
I go you cannot come.”
22 So
the Jews said,
“Will He kill Himself,
because He says, ‘Where
I go you cannot come’?”
23 And He
said to them,
“You are from beneath;
I am from above.
You are of this world;
I am not of this world.
24 Therefore
I said to you that
you will die in your sins;
for if you do not believe
that I am He, you will die
in your sins.”
25 Then
they said to Him,
“Who are You?”
And Jesus said to them,
“Just what I have been
saying to you from
the beginning.
26 I have
many things to
say and to judge
concerning you, but
He who sent Me is true;
and I speak to the world
those things which
I heard from
Him.”
27 They did not
understand that He
spoke to them of the Father.
28 Then Jesus
said to them,
“When you lift up
the Son of Man,
then you will know
that I am He, and that
I do nothing of Myself;
but as My Father taught
Me, I speak these things.
29 And He
who sent Me is
with Me. The Father
has not left Me alone,
for I always do those
things that please Him.”
30 As He
spoke these words,
many believed in Him.
The Truth Shall Make You Free
31 Then
Jesus said
to those Jews
who believed Him,
“If you abide in My word,
you are My disciples indeed.
32 And you shall know the truth,
and the truth shall make you free.”
Verses 31-32 are a precious promise
from Jesus. They can be prayed
before we read our bible.
That we will know
the truth of
God’s word,
and the truth
will set us free,
in every way.
33 They
answered Him,
“We are Abraham’s
descendants, and have
never been in bondage to
anyone. How can You say,
‘You will be made free’?”
34 Jesus
answered them,
“Most assuredly,
I say to you,
whoever
commits
sin is a
slave of sin.
35 And
a slave does
not abide in the
house forever,
but a son
abides forever.
36 Therefore if the
Son makes you free,
you shall be free
indeed.
Free from
the slavery of sin,
free to do what
pleases God.
Abraham’s Seed and satan’s
37 “I know that
you are Abraham’s
descendants, but you
seek to kill Me, because
My word has no
place in you.
38 I speak
what I have
seen with My Father,
and you do what you
have seen with
your father.”
39 They
answered
and said to Him,
“Abraham is our father.”
Jesus said to them,
“If you were
Abraham’s children,
you would do the
works of Abraham.
40 But now
you seek to kill Me, a
Man who has told you
the truth which I heard
from God. Abraham
did not do this.
41 You do the
deeds of your father.”
Then they said to Him,
“We were not born of
fornication; we have
one Father; God.”
“Fornication”
Unlawful, sinful,
sexual intercourse,
between
unmarried persons.
42 Jesus
said to them,
“If God were your Father,
you would love Me,
for I proceeded forth
and came from God;
nor have I come of
Myself, but He sent Me.
43 Why do you not
understand My speech?
Because you are not able
to listen to My word.
44 You are of your
father the devil, and
the desires of your father
you want to do. He was a
murderer from the beginning,
and does not stand in the truth,
because there is no truth in him.
When he speaks a lie, he speaks
from his own resources, for he
is a liar and the father of it.
45 But
because
I tell the truth,
you do not
believe Me.
46 Which
of you convicts
Me of sin?
And if I tell the truth,
why do you not
believe Me?
47 He who
is of God hears
God’s words;
therefore you
do not hear,
because you are
not of God.”
Before Abraham Was, I AM
48 Then the Jews
answered and said to Him,
“Do we not say rightly that You are
a Samaritan and have a demon?”
49 Jesus answered,
“I do not have a demon;
but I honor My Father,
and you dishonor Me.
50 And I do not
seek My own glory;
there is One who
seeks and judges.
51 Most assuredly,
I say to you, if anyone
keeps My word he shall
never see death.”
“John 11:25-26”
Jesus said to her,
“I am the resurrection
and the life. He who
believes in Me,
though he may
die, he shall live.
And whoever lives
and believes in Me
shall never die.
Do you believe this?
52 Then the
Jews said to Him,
“Now we know that
You have a demon!
Abraham is dead,
and the prophets;
and You say,
‘If anyone keeps
My word he shall
never taste death.’
53 Are You
greater than our
father Abraham,
who is dead? And the
prophets are dead.
Who do You make
Yourself out to be?”
54 Jesus answered,
“If I honor Myself, My
honor is nothing. It is
My Father who honors Me,
of whom you say that
He is your God.
55 Yet you
have not known
Him, but I know Him.
And if I say,‘I do not
know Him,’ I shall
be a liar like you;
but I do know Him
and keep His word.
56 Your father
Abraham rejoiced
to see My day, and
he saw it and
was glad.”
57 Then the
Jews said to Him,
“You are not yet fifty years old,
and have You seen Abraham?”
58 Jesus
said to them,
“Most assuredly,
I say to you,
before Abraham
was, I AM.”
59 Then they
took up stones
to throw at Him;
but Jesus hid Himself
and went out of the temple,
going through the midst of
them, and so passed by.
John chapter 9
Man Born Blind Receives Sight
1 Now as
Jesus passed by,
He saw a man who
was blind from birth.
2 And
His disciples
asked Him, saying,
“Rabbi, who sinned,
this man or his parents,
that he was born blind?”
3 Jesus
answered,
“Neither this man
nor his parents sinned,
but that the works of God
should be revealed in him.
4 I must work
the works of Him
who sent Me while
it is day; the night
is coming when
no one can work.
Night is coming,
when our working
for the Lord is
over.
5 As long as
I am in the world,
I am the light of
the world.”
As long as we
are in the world,
Jesus light shines
through us.
6 When He
had said these things,
He spat on the ground
and made clay with
the saliva; and He
anointed the eyes
of the blind man
with the clay.
7 And He said to him,
“Go, wash in the pool of Siloam”
(which is translated, Sent).
So he went and washed,
and came back seeing.
8 Therefore the neighbors
and those who previously
had seen that he was
blind said, “Is not
this he who sat
and begged?”
9 Some said,
“This is he.”Others
said, “He is like him.”
He said, “I am he.”
10 Therefore
they said to him,
“How were your
eyes opened?”
11 He
answered
and said, “A Man
called Jesus made clay
and anointed my eyes
and said to me,
‘Go to the pool of
Siloam and wash.’
So I went and
washed, and
I received sight.”
12 Then
they said to him,
“Where is He?”
He said,
“I do not know.”
The Pharisees
Excommunicate
the Healed Man
13 They brought
him who formerly
was blind to the
Pharisees.
14 Now it
was a Sabbath
when Jesus made
the clay and
opened his eyes.
15 Then
the Pharisees
also asked him again
how he had
received
his sight.
He said to them,
“He put clay on my eyes,
and I washed, and I see.”
16 Therefore some of
the Pharisees said,
“This Man is not
from God, because
He does not keep
the Sabbath.”
Others said,
“How can a man who
is a sinner do such signs?”
And there was a division
among them.
17 They said to
the blind man again,
“What do you say about Him
because He opened your eyes?”
He said, “He is a prophet.”
18 But the
Jews did not
believe concerning
him, that he had been
blind and received his
sight, until they called
the parents of him who
had received his sight.
19 And they asked them,
saying, “Is this your son,
who you say was born blind?
How then does he now see?”
20 His parents
answered them and said,
“We know that this is our son,
and that he was born blind;
21 but by what means he
now sees we do not know,
or who opened his eyes we
do not know. He is of age;
ask him. He will speak
for himself.”
22 His parents said
these things because
they feared the Jews,
for the Jews had
agreed already
that if anyone
confessed that
He was Christ, he
would be put out of
the synagogue.
23 Therefore
his parents said,
“He is of age; ask him.”
24 So they
again called
the man who was
blind, and said to him,
“Give God the glory!
We know that this
Man is a sinner.”
25 He
answered
and said,“Whether
He is a sinner or not
I do not know. One
thing I know: that
though I was
blind, now
I see.”
26 Then they
said to him again,
“What did He do to you?
How did He open
your eyes?”
27 He
answered
them, “I told
you already, and
you did not listen.
Why do you want
to hear it again?
Do you also
want to become
His disciples?”
28 Then they
reviled him and said,
“You are His disciple, but
we are Moses’ disciples.
29 We know
that God spoke to Moses;
as for this fellow, we do not
know where He is from.”
30 The
man answered
and said to them,
“Why, this is a
marvelous thing,
that you do not
know where He is
from; yet He has
opened my eyes!
31 Now we
know that God
does not hear sinners;
but if anyone is a
worshiper of God
and does His will,
He hears him.
32 Since
the world began
it has been unheard of
that anyone opened the eyes
of one who was born blind.
33 If this Man
were not from God,
He could do nothing.”
34 They
answered
and said to him,
“You were completely
born in sins, and are
you teaching us?”
And they cast
him out.
True Vision and True Blindness
35 Jesus
heard that they
had cast him out;
and when He had
found him, He said to him,
“Do you believe in the Son of God?”
36 He
answered
and said,“Who
is He, Lord, that
I may believe in Him?”
37 And Jesus said to him,
“You have both seen Him and it is
He who is talking with you.”
38 Then he said,
“Lord, I believe!”
And he worshiped Him.
39 And
Jesus said,
“For judgment
I have come into
this world, that
those who do
not see may see
and that those
who see may
be made blind.”
40 Then some
of the Pharisees
who were with Him
heard these words,
and said to Him,
“Are we blind also?”
41 Jesus
said to them,
“If you were blind,
you would have no
sin; but now you say,
‘We see.’ Therefore
your sin remains.
John chapter 10
Jesus the True Shepherd
1 “Most
assuredly,
I say to you,
he who does not enter
the sheepfold by the door,
but climbs up some other way,
the same is a thief and a robber.
“Sheepfold”- The kingdom of God.
“The door”- Is Jesus
“Thief and robber”- The Pharisees
2 But he
who enters by the door
is the shepherd of the sheep.
“The shepherd”- Is Jesus
“Sheep”- Believers
3 To him the
doorkeeper opens,
and the sheep hear his voice;
and he calls his own sheep
by name and leads
them out.
“Doorkeeper”- Is Jesus
4 And
when he brings
out his own sheep,
he goes before them;
and the sheep follow him,
for they know his voice.
5 Yet
they will by no
means follow a stranger,
but will flee from him,
for they do not know
the voice of strangers.”
“Stranger”- False teacher
6 Jesus used
this illustration, but
they did not understand
the things which He
spoke to them.
Jesus the Good Shepherd
7 Then Jesus
said to them again,
“Most assuredly, I say to you,
I am the door of the sheep.
8 All who ever
came before Me are
thieves and robbers,
but the sheep did
not hear them.
“Thieves and robbers”
Pharisees, false teachers.
9 I am the door.
If anyone enters by Me,
he will be saved, and will go
in and out and find pasture.
10 The thief does not
come except to steal,
and to kill, and to destroy.
I have come that they may have life,
and that they may have
it more abundantly.
“Thief”- The devil
11 “I am
the good shepherd.
The good shepherd gives
His life for the sheep.
12 But a hireling, he who
is not the shepherd one who
does not own the sheep,
sees the wolf coming and
leaves the sheep and flees;
and the wolf catches the
sheep and scatters them.
13 The hireling flees
because he is a hireling
and does not care
about the sheep.
“Hireling”
A hired shepherd,
who works for his
own interests.
14 I am the
good shepherd;
and I know My sheep,
and am known by My own.
15 As the Father knows Me,
even so I know the Father;
and I lay down My life
for the sheep.
16 And other sheep I have
which are not of this fold;
them also I must bring, and
they will hear My voice;
and there will be one
flock and one shepherd.
“Other sheep”
Hear, Jesus is speaking of Gentiles
that were saved. Today, believers
are saved from all nations,
and become one flock.
17 “Therefore
My Father loves Me,
because I lay down My life
that I may take it again.
18 No one takes it from Me,
but I lay it down of Myself.
I have power to lay it down,
and I have power to
take it again.
This command I have
received from My Father.”
19 Therefore there was
a division again among
the Jews because of
these sayings.
20 And many of them said,
“He has a demon and is mad.
Why do you listen to Him?”
21 Others said,
“These are not the words
of one who has a demon.
Can a demon open the
eyes of the blind?”
The Shepherd Knows His Sheep
22 Now it was
the Feast of Dedication
in Jerusalem, and it was winter.
“Feast of Dedication”
In memory of the
restoration of the temple.
Today it is called Hanukkah.
23 And Jesus
walked in the temple,
in Solomon’s porch.
24 Then the Jews
surrounded Him
and said to Him,
“How long do You
keep us in doubt?
If You are the Christ,
tell us plainly.”
25 Jesus
answered them,
“I told you, and you
do not believe.
The works that I do
in My Father’s name,
they bear witness of Me.
26 But you
do not believe,
because you are not
of My sheep, as I
said to you.
27 My sheep
hear My voice, and
I know them, and
they follow Me.
28 And I
give them eternal life,
and they shall never perish;
neither shall anyone snatch
them out of My hand.
29 My Father,
who has given
them to Me, is
greater than all;
and no one is able
to snatch them out
of My Father’s hand.
30 I and My
Father are one.”
Renewed Efforts to Stone Jesus
31 Then the Jews took up
stones again to stone Him.
32 Jesus answered them,
“Many good works I have
shown you from My Father.
For which of those works
do you stone Me?”
33 The Jews
answered Him,
saying,
“For a good work
we do not stone You,
but for blasphemy,
and because You,
being a Man, make
Yourself God.”
34 Jesus
answered them,
“Is it not written in
your law, ‘I said,
“You are gods”
“You are god’s”
Old Testament judges
were called god’s.
35 If He called them gods,
to whom the word of God came
(and the Scripture cannot be broken),
36 do you
say of Him
whom the Father
sanctified and
sent into the world,
‘You are blaspheming,’
because I said,
‘I am the Son of God’?
37 If I do not
do the works of
My Father, do not
believe Me;
38 but if I do,
though you do
not believe Me,
believe the works,
that you may know
and believe that
the Father is in Me,
and I in Him.”
39 Therefore they sought
again to seize Him, but He
escaped out of their hand.
The Believers Beyond Jordan
40 And He
went away again
beyond the Jordan to the
place where John was
baptizing at first,
and there He stayed.
41 Then many
came to Him and
said, “John performed
no sign, but all the things
that John spoke about
this Man were true.”
42 And
many believed
in Him there.
John chapter 11
The Death of Lazarus
1 Now a
certain man was sick,
Lazarus of Bethany, the town
of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 It was
that Mary who
anointed the Lord
with fragrant oil
and wiped His feet with
her hair, whose brother
Lazarus was sick.
3 Therefore
the sisters sent
to Him, saying,
“Lord, behold, he whom
You love is sick.”
4 When Jesus
heard that, He said,
“This sickness is not unto death,
but for the glory of God, that
the Son of God may be
glorified through it.”
5 Now Jesus
loved Martha and
her sister and Lazarus.
6 So, when
He heard that he
was sick, He stayed
two more days in the
place where He was.
7 Then after this
He said to the disciples,
“Let us go to Judea again.”
8 The disciples
said to Him,“Rabbi,
lately the Jews sought
to stone You, and are
You going there again?”
9 Jesus answered,
“Are there not twelve
hours in the day? If
anyone walks in the day,
he does not stumble,
because he sees the
light of this world.
10 But if
one walks in the
night, he stumbles,
because the light
is not in him.”
Jesus is speaking
of spiritual light, in
which believers walk,
where no evil can
overtake them.
11 These things He said,
and after that He said to them,
“Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but
I go that I may wake him up.”
12 Then His disciples said,
“Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.”
13 However, Jesus
spoke of his death,
but they thought that
He was speaking
about taking rest
in sleep.
14 Then Jesus
said to them plainly,
“Lazarus is dead.
15 And I am glad for your
sakes that I was not there,
that you may believe.
Nevertheless let us
go to him.”
16 Then Thomas,
who is called the Twin,
said to his fellow disciples,
“Let us also go, that we
may die with Him.”
I Am the Resurrection
and the Life
17 So when Jesus came,
He found that he had
already been in the
tomb four days.
18 Now Bethany was near
Jerusalem, about two miles away.
19 And many of the Jews
had joined the women around
Martha and Mary, to comfort
them concerning their brother.
20 Then
Martha, as soon as
she heard that Jesus was
coming, went and met Him,
but Mary was sitting
in the house.
21 Now
Martha said to Jesus,
“Lord, if You had been here,
my brother would not
have died.
22 But
even now I know
that whatever
You ask of God,
God will give You.”
23 Jesus said to her,
“Your brother will rise again.”
24 Martha said to Him,
“I know that he will rise again
in the resurrection
at the last day.”
25 Jesus said to her,
“I am the resurrection and the life.
He who believes in Me, though
he may die, he shall live.
26 And whoever lives
and believes in Me
shall never die.
Do you believe this?”
“Hallelujah,
thank you Jesus!”
“John 8:51”
“Most assuredly, I say to you,
If anyone keeps My word
he shall never see death.”
27 She said to Him,
“Yes, Lord, I believe that You
are the Christ, the Son of God,
who is to come into the world.”
Amen, Amen.
Jesus and Death,
the Last Enemy
28 And when she had said
these things, she went her way
and secretly called Mary
her sister, saying,
“The Teacher has come
and is calling for you.”
29 As soon
as she heard that,
she arose quickly
and came to Him.
30 Now Jesus had not
yet come into the town,
but was in the place
where Martha met Him.
31 Then the
Jews who were
with her in the house,
and comforting her, when
they saw that Mary rose up
quickly and went out,
followed her, saying,
“She is going to the
tomb to weep there.”
32 Then, when
Mary came where
Jesus was, and saw Him,
she fell down at His feet,
saying to Him, “Lord, if You
had been here, my brother
would not have died.”
33 Therefore,
when Jesus saw her
weeping, and the Jews
who came with her weeping,
He groaned in the spirit
and was troubled.
34 And He said,
“Where have you laid him?
”They said to Him, “Lord,
come and see.”
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then the Jews said,
“See how He loved him!”
37 And some of them
said,“Could not this Man, who
opened the eyes of the blind,
also have kept this man
from dying?”
Lazarus Raised from the Dead
38 Then Jesus, again
groaning in Himself,
came to the tomb.
It was a cave,
and a stone
lay against it.
39 Jesus said,
“Take away the stone.”
Martha, the sister of him who
was dead, said to Him,
“Lord, by this time
there is a stench,
for he has been
dead four days.”
40 Jesus said to her,
“Did I not say to you that if you
would believe you would
see the glory of God?”
41 Then they took away
the stone from the place
where the dead man was lying.
And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said,
“Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
42 And I know that
You always hear Me, but
because of the people who
are standing by I said this,
that they may believe
that You sent Me.”
43 Now when He
had said these things,
He cried with a loud voice,
“Lazarus, come forth!”
44 And he who had died
came out bound hand and foot
with grave clothes, and his face
was wrapped with a cloth.
Jesus said to them,
“Loose him, and
let him go.”
The Plot to Kill Jesus
45 Then many of the
Jews who had come to Mary,
and had seen the things Jesus
did, believed in Him.
46 But some of them
went away to the Pharisees
and told them the things
Jesus did.
47 Then the chief priests
and the Pharisees gathered
a council and said,
“What shall we do?
For this Man works
many signs.
48 If we let Him alone like this,
everyone will believe in Him, and
the Romans will come and take
away both our place and nation.”
49 And one of them,
Caiaphas, being high priest
that year, said to them,
“You know nothing at all,
50 nor do you consider
that it is expedient for us
that one man should
die for the people,
and not that the whole
nation should perish.”
51 Now this he did not
say on his own authority;
but being high priest that
year he prophesied that
Jesus would die for the nation,
52 and not
for that nation only,
but also that He would
gather together in one
the children of God who
were scattered abroad.
53 Then, from that day on,
they plotted to put Him to death.
54 Therefore Jesus
no longer walked
openly among the Jews,
but went from there into the
country near the wilderness,
to a city called Ephraim, and
there remained with
His disciples.
55 And the Passover
of the Jews was near,
and many went from the
country up to Jerusalem
before the Passover,
to purify themselves.
“Passover”
The celebration of the Israelite's
deliverance from slavery
in Egypt.
56 Then
they sought Jesus,
and spoke among
themselves as they
stood in the temple,
“What do you think-that He
will not come to the feast?
57 Now both the chief priests and the
Pharisees had given a command,
that if anyone knew where he was,
he should report it,
that they might seize Him.
John chapter 12
The Anointing at Bethany
1 Then,
six days before
the Passover, Jesus
came to Bethany, where
Lazarus was who had
been dead, whom He had
raised from the dead.
2 There they
made Him a supper;
and Martha served, but
Lazarus was one of those
who sat at the table with Him.
3 Then Mary
took a pound of very
costly oil of spikenard,
anointed the feet of Jesus, and
wiped His feet with her hair.
And the house was filled
with the fragrance of the oil.
4 But one
of His disciples,
Judas Iscariot,
Simon’s son, who
would betray Him, said,
5 “Why
was this fragrant
oil not sold for
three hundred denarii
and given to the poor?”
6 This he said,
not that he cared
for the poor, but
because he was
a thief, and had
the money box;
and he used to take
what was put in it.
7 But
Jesus said,
“Let her alone;
she has kept this for
the day of My burial.
8 For the
poor you have
with you always,
but Me you do not
have always.”
The Plot to Kill Lazarus
9 Now a great
many of the Jews
knew that He was there;
and they came, not for Jesus’
sake only, but that they might
also see Lazarus, whom He
had raised from the dead.
10 But the
chief priests plotted
to put Lazarus to death also,
11 because
on account of
him many of the
Jews went away
and believed
in Jesus.
The Triumphal Entry
12 The next
day a great multitude
that had come to the feast,
when they heard that Jesus
was coming to Jerusalem,
13 took branches of
palm trees and went
out to meet Him,
and cried out:
“Hosanna!
‘Blessed is He who comes
in the name of the Lord!’
The King of Israel!”
“Hosanna”
“Blessed be the Lord.”
A Hebrew word
spoken the same
in every language.
As you travel
the world,
and are greeted
by the word,
Hosanna,
you are in the
presence
of a Christian
14 Then Jesus,
when He had
found a young
donkey, sat on it;
as it is written:
15 “Fear not,
daughter of Zion;
behold, your King is
coming, sitting on a
donkey’s colt.”
16 His disciples
did not understand
these things at first;
but when Jesus was
glorified, then they
remembered that
these things were
written about Him
and that they had
done these things
to Him.
17 Therefore
the people, who
were with Him when
He called Lazarus out of
his tomb and raised
him from the dead,
bore witness.
18 For this reason the
people also met Him,
because they heard that
He had done this sign.
19 The Pharisees therefore
said among themselves,
“You see that you are
accomplishing nothing.
Look, the world has
gone after Him!”
The Fruitful Grain of Wheat
20 Now there
were certain Greeks
among those who
came up to worship
at the feast.
21 Then they
came to Philip,who
was from Bethsaida of
Galilee, and asked him,
saying, “Sir, we wish
to see Jesus.”
22 Philip
came and told
Andrew, and in turn
Andrew and Philip
told Jesus.
23 But Jesus
answered them, saying,
“The hour has come that the
Son of Man should be glorified.
“Glorified”
Honored and praised.
the time had come for our
Saviour to be glorified,
dying on the cross
for our sins,
and resurrected,
to give abundant
life to all believers.
24 Most
assuredly, I say to
you, unless a grain of wheat
falls into the ground and dies,
it remains alone; but if it dies,
it produces much grain.
Jesus is speaking about His death,
Jesus is describing His body
as a kernel of wheat,
sown in the ground.
By dying on the
cross to forgive
our sins, and
rising from death,
to give us eternal life,
Jesus produced a great
harvest of believers.
25 He who loves
his life will lose it, and
he who hates his life
in this world will keep
it for eternal life.
“Loves his life”
He who loves
a sinful life,
will lose eternal life.
“Hates his life”
He who hates
a sinful life,
will find eternal life.
26 If anyone
serves Me, let
him follow Me;
and where I am, there
My servant will be also.
If anyone serves Me,
him My Father will honor.
This is a description
of a disciple of Jesus
“Follow Me”
Live and obey
Jesus teachings.
“Honor”
Rewarded with
eternal life.
Jesus Predicts His
Death on the Cross
27 “Now
My soul is troubled,
and what shall I say?
‘Father, save Me
from this hour’?
But for this purpose
I came to this hour.
28 Father,
glorify Your name.”
Then a voice came
from heaven, saying,
“I have both glorified it
and will glorify it again.”
29 Therefore
the people who
stood by and heard it said
that it had thundered. Others said,
“An angel has spoken to Him.”
30 Jesus
answered and said,
“This voice did not come
because of Me,
but for your sake.
31 Now is the
judgment of this world;
now the ruler of this world
will be cast out.
“Ruler of this world”
Is the devil.
“2 Corinthians 4:4”
Whose minds the god of this age
has blinded, who do not believe,
lest the light of the gospel
of the glory of Christ,
who is the image
of God should
shine on them.
“Ephesians 2:2”
In which you once walked
according to the course of
this world, according to the
prince of the power of the air,
the spirit who now
works in the
sons of disobedience.
32 And I,
if I am lifted up
from the earth, will
draw all peoples
to Myself.”
33 This He
said, signifying by
what death He would die.
34 The people
answered Him,
“We have heard from the
law that the Christ remains
forever; and how can You say,
‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’?
Who is this Son of Man?”
35 Then
Jesus said to them,
“A little while longer
the light is with you.
Walk while you have the light,
lest darkness overtake you;
he who walks in darkness does
not know where he is going.
“Darkness”
Spiritual blindness,
sin, evil.
36 While you
have the light,
believe in the light,
that you may become
sons of light.”
These things Jesus spoke,
and departed, and was
hidden from them.
“Light”- Jesus teachings.
“Sons of light”- Sons of God.
Who Has Believed Our Report?
37 But
although
He had done so
many signs before
them, they did not
believe in Him,
38 that the
word of Isaiah the
prophet might be fulfilled,
which he spoke:“Lord,
who has believed
our report?
And to
whom has the
arm of the Lord been
revealed?”
39 Therefore they
could not believe,
because Isaiah
said again:
40 “He has
blinded their eyes
and hardened their
hearts, lest they
should see with
their eyes, lest they
should understand
with their hearts and
turn, so that I should
heal them.”
41 These things
Isaiah said when he
saw His glory and
spoke of Him.
Walk in the Light
42 Nevertheless
even among the rulers
many believed in Him, but
because of the Pharisees
they did not confess Him,
lest they should be put
out of the synagogue;
43 for they
loved the praise of men
more than the praise of God.
44 Then Jesus
cried out and said,
“He who believes in Me,
believes not in Me but
in Him who sent Me.
45 And he
who sees Me
sees Him who
sent Me.
46 I have
come as a light
into the world, that
whoever believes in Me
should not abide
in darkness.
“John 8:12”
Then Jesus spoke
to them again, saying,
“I am the light of the world.
He who follows Me shall
not walk in darkness, but
have the light of life.”
47 And if anyone
hears My words and
does not believe, I do
not judge him; for I did
not come to judge the world
but to save the world.
48 He who rejects Me, and
does not receive My words,
has that which judges him
the word that I have spoken
will judge him in the last day.
49 For I have not spoken
on My own authority; but
the Father who sent Me
gave Me a command,
what I should say and
what I should speak.
50 And I know
that His command
is everlasting life.
Therefore, whatever
I speak, just as the
Father has told Me,
so I speak.”
John chapter 13
Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet
1 Now before the
Feast of the Passover,
when Jesus knew that His
hour had come that He
should depart from this
world to the Father,
having loved His
own who were
in the world,
He loved
them to
the end.
2 And supper
being ended,
the devil having
already put it into
the heart of
Judas Iscariot,
Simon’s son,
to betray Him,
3 Jesus, knowing
that the Father had
given all things
into His hands,
and that He had
come from God and
was going to God,
4 rose from
supper and
laid aside His
garments, took
a towel and
girded Himself.
5 After
that, He poured
water into a basin
and began to wash
the disciples’ feet,
and to wipe them
with the towel
with which He
was girded.
6 Then He
came to Simon Peter.
And Peter said to Him,
“Lord, are You washing my feet?”
7 Jesus
answered
and said to him,
“What I am doing you do
not understand now, but
you will know after this.”
8 Peter said to Him,
“You shall never wash my feet!”
Jesus answered him,
“If I do not wash you,
you have no part with Me.”
9 Simon Peter said to Him,
“Lord, not my feet only, but also
my hands and my head!”
10 Jesus said to him,
“He who is bathed needs
only to wash his feet,
but is completely clean;
and you are clean,
but not all of you.”
11 For He knew
who would betray Him;
therefore He said,
“You are not all clean.”
12 So
when He had
washed their feet,
taken His garments,
and sat down again,
He said to them,
“Do you know what I have
done to you?
13 You call
Me Teacher and Lord,
and you say well, for so I am.
14 If I then,
your Lord and Teacher,
have washed your feet, you
also ought to wash one
another’s feet.
15 For I have
given you an example,
that you should do as
I have done to you.
16 Most
assuredly,
I say to you, a
servant is not greater
than his master;
nor is he who is
sent greater than
he who sent him.
17 If you know these things,
blessed are you if you do them.
Amen, Amen
Jesus Identifies His Betrayer
18 “I do not speak
concerning all of you.
I know whom I have chosen;
but that the Scripture may be
fulfilled,‘He who eats bread
with Me has lifted up his
heel against Me.’
“Lifted up his heel”
Judas the betrayer.
19 Now I tell
you before it comes,
that when it does come to
pass, you may believe
that I am He.
20 Most
assuredly,
I say to you,
he who receives
whomever I send
receives Me; and he
who receives Me receives
Him who sent Me.”
21 When Jesus had
said these things, He
was troubled in spirit,
and testified and said,
“Most assuredly, I say to you,
one of you will betray Me.”
22 Then the disciples
looked at one another,
perplexed about whom
He spoke.
“Perplexed”
not understanding.
23 Now
there was leaning
on Jesus’ bosom
one of His disciples,
whom Jesus loved.
The disciple leaning
on Jesus bosom,
was John the author
of this gospel.
24 Simon Peter
therefore motioned to him
to ask who it was of
whom He spoke.
25 Then, leaning
back on Jesus’ breast,
he said to Him,
“Lord, who is it?”
26 Jesus answered,
“It is he to whom I shall give a piece
of bread when I have dipped it.”
And having dipped the bread,
He gave it to Judas Iscariot,
the son of Simon.
27 Now after
the piece of bread,
satan entered him.
Then Jesus said to him,
“What you do, do quickly.”
28 But no one
at the table knew
for what reason
He said this to him.
29 For some thought,
because Judas had the
money box, that Jesus
had said to him,“Buy
those things we need
for the feast,”or that he
should give something
to the poor.
30 Having received
the piece of bread, he then
went out immediately.
And it was night.
The New Commandment
31 So, when he had
gone out, Jesus said,
“Now the Son of Man
is glorified, and God
is glorified in Him.
32 If God is
glorified in Him,
God will also glorify
Him in Himself,
and glorify Him
immediately.
33 Little children,
I shall be with you
a little while longer.
You will seek Me;
and as I said
to the Jews,
‘Where I am going,
you cannot come,’
so now I say to you.
Jesus called His
disciples little children,
to encourage them to have
faith like little children.
“Matthew 18:3”
And said,
“Assuredly, I say to you,
unless you are converted and
become as little children, you
will by no means enter the
kingdom of heaven.”
34 A new
commandment
I give to you, that you
love one another;
as I have loved you,
that you also love
one another.
35 By this
all will know that
you are My disciples,
if you have love for
one another.”
“Matthew 22:37-39”
Jesus said to him,
“You shall love
the Lord your God
with all your heart,
with all your soul,
and with all your mind.
This is the first and great
commandment. And the
second is like it. You shall
love your neighbor
as yourself.”
Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial
36 Simon Peter said to Him,
“Lord, where are You going?”
Jesus answered him,
“Where I am going you
cannot follow Me now,
but you shall follow
Me afterward.”
Jesus was going to heaven.
37 Peter said to Him,
“Lord, why can I not follow You now?
I will lay down my life for Your sake.”
38 Jesus answered him,
“Will you lay down your
life for My sake?
Most assuredly,
I say to you,
the rooster shall
not crow till you
have denied Me
three times.
John chapter 14
The Way, the Truth, and the Life
1 “Let not your
heart be troubled;
you believe in God,
believe also in Me.
Jesus is saying,
believe in Me,
the speaker of
God’s word.
“Believe”
Trust Jesus
completely for salvation,
live Jesus teachings.
2 In My
Father’s house
are many mansions;
if it were not so,
I would have told you.
I go to prepare a
place for you.
3 And
if I go and
prepare a place
for you, I will come
again and receive
you to Myself; that
where I am, there
you may be also.
When Jesus has
places prepared
for each believer,
Jesus will return to
take us to heaven,
to live with Him
forever.
4 And where
I go you know,
and the way
you know.”
5 Thomas
said to Him, “Lord,
we do not know where
You are going, and how
can we know the way?”
6 Jesus said to him,
“I am the way, the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father
except through Me.
Amen, Amen.
The Father Revealed
7 “If you
had known Me,
you would have
known My Father
also; and from now
on you know Him
and have seen Him.”
When we know Jesus,
we know the Father.
8 Philip said to Him,
“Lord, show us the Father,
and it is sufficient for us.”
9 Jesus
said to him,
“Have I been
with you so long,
and yet you have not
known Me, Philip?
He who has seen Me
has seen the Father;
so how can you say,
‘Show us the Father’?
10 Do you not believe
that I am in the Father,
and the Father in Me?
The words that I speak to you
I do not speak on My own authority;
but the Father who dwells in Me
does the works.
Jesus explains,
He is the speaker
of God’s word.
11 Believe Me that
I am in the Father
and the Father in Me,
or else believe Me for the
sake of the works themselves.
“Works”
Heavenly works.
The Answered Prayer
12 “Most assuredly, I say to you,
he who believes in Me, the works
that I do he will do also; and
greater works than these
he will do, because
I go to My Father.
Jesus disciples today,
witness the salvation
gospel message,
all over the world.
Giving unbelievers
the opportunity to
become believers.
13 And whatever
you ask in My name,
that I will do, that
the Father may be
glorified in the Son.
14 If you ask
anything in My name,
I will do it.
Promises of
answered prayer.
“In My name”
Always begin,
or end prayer,
in Jesus name.
_ _ _
We can be comforted,
praying verses 13-14,
before we begin our
prayer time.
Jesus Promises Another Helper
15 “If you love Me,
keep My commandments.
“Matthew 22:37-39”
Jesus said to him,
“You shall love
the Lord your God
with all your heart,
with all your soul,
with all your mind.
This is the first and
great commandment.
And the second is like it.
You shall love your neighbor
as yourself.
16 And I will pray the Father,
and He will give you another Helper,
that He may abide with you forever.
17 the Spirit of Truth,
whom the world cannot receive,
because it neither sees Him nor
knows Him; but you know Him,
for He dwells with you
and will be in you.
18 I will not
leave you orphans;
I will come to you.
“The Spirit of Truth”
Promise of the
Holy Spirit
to believers.
_ _ _
Jesus shares
the divine trinity,
One God,
Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit,
working spiritually
together as one,
in every believer.
Indwelling of the
Father and the Son
19 “A little while
longer and the
world will see
Me no more,
but you will
see Me.
Because I live,
you will live also.
Believers will live
spiritual lives forever,
as we walk by faith,
and not by sight.
“2 Corinthians 5:7”
For we walk by faith,
not by sight.
20 At that
day you will know
that I am in My Father,
and you in Me, and I in you.
21 He who has My commandments
and keeps them, it is he who loves Me.
And he who loves Me will be loved
by My Father, and I will love him
and manifest Myself to him.”
It is love,
that connects the
life of God to man,
and man’s life to God.
“Manifest”
Being present with us,
to live in us.
22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him,
“Lord, how is it that You will manifest
Yourself to us, and not to the world?”
23 Jesus
answered
and said to him,
“If anyone loves Me,
he will keep My word;
and My Father will love him,
and We will come to him and
make Our home with him.
24 He who does not love Me
does not keep My words;
and the word which you hear
is not Mine but the Father’s
who sent Me.
The Gift of His Peace
25 “These things
I have spoken to you
while being present with you.
26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in My
name, He will teach you all things,
and bring to your remembrance
all things that I said to you.
Promise of the Holy Spirit
to believers.
27 Peace I leave with you,
My peace I give to you; not as
the world gives do I give to you.
Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid.
Peace in this verse,
is our Lord personal
peace He gives us.
“Peace”
Rest, calm, freedom
from annoyance, tranquility,
to become quiet.
“Philippians 4:7”
And the peace of God,
which surpasses all understanding,
will guard your hearts and minds
through Christ Jesus.
28 You have
heard Me say to you,
‘I am going away and
coming back to you.’
If you loved Me,
you would rejoice
because I said,
‘I am going to the
Father,’ for My
Father is greater
than I.
29 “And now I have
told you before it comes,
that when it does come
to pass, you may believe.
30 I will no longer
talk much with you,
for the ruler of this
world is coming, and
he has nothing in Me.
“The ruler of this world”
The devil, rules the
sinful world.
“John 12:31”
“Now is the judgment of this world
now the ruler of this world
will be cast out.”
31 But that the
world may know
that I love the
Father, and as
the Father gave Me
commandment,
so I do. Arise,
let us go from here.
John chapter 15
The True Vine
1 “I am
the true vine,
and My Father is
the vine dresser.
2 Every branch
in Me that does
not bear fruit
He takes away;
and every branch
that bears fruit He
prunes, that it may
bear more fruit.
“Does not bear fruit”
“Galatians 5:22-23”
But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, long suffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
self-control. Against such there
is no law.
“Prunes”
Cleansing, which is done
through God’s word.
3 You are already
clean because of
the word which I
have spoken to you.
4 Abide in
Me, and I in you.
As the branch cannot
bear fruit of itself,
unless it abides in the
vine, neither can you,
unless you abide in Me.
“Abide”
Praying, reading and
obeying God’s word.
5 “I am the vine,
you are the branches.
He who abides in Me,
and I in him, bears
much fruit; for
without Me
you can
do nothing.
Apart from
Jesus the vine,
we, the branch,
cannot accomplish
anything of spiritual value.
6 If anyone does
not abide in Me, he
is cast out as a branch
and is withered; and
they gather them and
throw them into the fire,
and they are burned.
7 If you abide in Me,
and My words abide in you,
you will ask what you desire,
and it shall be done for you.
Promise of answered prayer.
8 By this
My Father is
glorified, that you
bear much fruit; so
you will be My disciples.
Love and Joy Perfected
9 “As the Father loved Me, I also
have loved you; abide in My love.
10 If you keep
My commandments,
you will abide in My love,
just as I have kept My Father’s
commandments and abide
in His love.
11 “These things
I have spoken to you,
that My joy may remain in you,
and that your joy may be full.
12 This is
My commandment,
that you love one another
as I have loved you.
13 Greater love has no one
than this, than to lay down
one’s life for his friends.
14 You are My friends if you
do whatever I command you.
“Matthew 22:37-39”
Jesus said to him,
“You shall love
the Lord your God
with all your heart,
With all your soul,
and with all your mind.
This is the first and great
Commandment. And the
second is like it. You
shall love your neighbor
as yourself.”
15 No longer
do I call you servants,
for a servant does not
know what his master
is doing; but I have
called you friends,
for all things
that I
heard
from My
Father I have
made known to you.
“Friends”
Believers are Jesus friends,
Jesus teaches us everything
we need to know, as obedient
disciples, and friends of Jesus,
we love others, as Jesus loves us.
16 You did not choose Me,
but I chose you and appointed
you that you should go and bear fruit,
and that your fruit should remain,
that whatever you ask the Father
in My name He may give you.
“I chose you”
Believers have been chosen,
to be Jesus disciples,
to live His teachings.
“Bear fruit”
We are to witness Jesus love,
and salvation to everyone,
and be filled with the
fruit of the Spirit.
“Galatians 5:22-23”
But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, long suffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
self-control. Against such there
is no law.
“In My name”
We must begin
or end our prayers,
in Jesus name.
17 These things
I command you,
that you love
one another.
Lord Jesus, fill our hearts,
and minds with Your love,
to share with others.
Daily fill us up,
and pour us out, to all
who need Your love. Amen.
The World’s Hatred
18 “If the world
hates you, you know
that it hated Me before
it hated you.
19 If you were of the world,
the world would love its own.
Yet because you are not of the world,
but I chose you out of the world,
therefore the world hates you.
As the world hated Jesus,
so will His believers
be hated.
20 Remember the
word that I said to you,
‘A servant is not greater
than his master. ’If they
persecuted Me, they
will also persecute you.
If they kept My word,
they will keep yours also.
21 But all these things they will
do to you for My name’s sake,
because they do not know
Him who sent Me.
22 If I had not
come and spoken to them,
they would have no sin, but now
they have no excuse for their sin.
23 He who
hates Me hates
My Father also.
24 If I had not done among them
the works which no one else did,
they would have no sin;
but now they have seen
and also hated both
Me and My Father.
The sinful world does
not know God,
because they
hate His Son Jesus.
25 But this
happened
that the word
might be fulfilled
which is written in
their law, ‘They hated
Me without a cause.’
The Coming Rejection
26 “But when
the Helper comes,
whom I shall send to
you from the Father, the
Spirit of truth who proceeds
from the Father, He will
testify of Me.
Promise of the Holy Spirit.
27 And you
also will bear witness,
because you have been with
Me from the beginning.
Believers will witness
Jesus to others.
John chapter 16
Jesus Warns and
Comforts His Disciples
1 “These things
I have spoken to you,
that you should not be
made to stumble.
“Stumble”
To be led astray,
by false teaching.
2 They will
put you out
of the synagogues;
yes, the time is coming
that whoever kills you
will think that he
offers God service.
3 And these things they will
do to you because they have
not known the Father nor Me.
4 But these
things I have told you,
that when the time comes,
you may remember
that I told you of them.
“And these things I did not
say to you at the beginning,
because I was with you.
The Work of the Holy Spirit
5 “But now I
go away to Him
who sent Me, and
none of you asks Me,
‘Where are You going?
’
6 But because I have said
these things to you, sorrow
has filled your heart.
7 Nevertheless
I tell you the truth.
It is to your advantage
that I go away; for if I
do not go away,
the Helper will not
come to you;
but if I depart,
I will send Him
to you.
“The Helper”
Promise of the Holy Spirit,
sent to believers.
8 And when He has come,
He will convict the world of sin,
and of righteousness,
and of judgment:
“Convict”
The Holy Spirit convicts
unbelievers. through
believers Christian witness.
9 of sin,
because they
do not believe in Me;
“Of sin”
Disobedience
of God’s word,
unbelief.
10 of
righteousness,
because I go to
My Father and you
see Me no more;
“Of righteousness”
The Holy Spirit
convicts the world,
of the need of
righteousness.
11 of
judgment,
because the
ruler of this world
is judged.
“Of judgment”
A decision passed,
on the faults
of others.
12 “I still have many
things to say to you,
but you cannot
bear them now.
13 However, when
He, the Spirit of truth,
has come, He will
guide you into all truth;
for He will not speak
on His own authority,
but whatever He hears
He will speak; and
He will tell you
things to come.
14 He will glorify
Me, for He will take
of what is Mine and
declare it to you.
15 All things that the
Father has are Mine.
Therefore I said that
He will take of Mine
and declare it to you.
Thank you, Jesus.
Sorrow Will Turn to Joy
16 “A little while,
and you will not see Me;
and again a little while,
and you will see Me,
because I go to
the Father.”
17 Then some of
His disciples said
among themselves,
“What is this that
He says to us,
‘A little while,
and you will not see Me;
and again a little while,
and you will see Me’;
and, ‘because I go
to the Father’?”
18 They said therefore,
“What is this that He says,
‘A little while’?
We do not know
what He is saying.”
19 Now Jesus knew
that they desired to
ask Him, and He
said to them,
“Are you inquiring
among yourselves
about what I said,
‘A little while, and
you will not see Me;
and again a little while,
and you will see Me’?
When the Holy Spirit
was given to the believers
on the day of Pentecost.
They seen Jesus in a way
they had never seen
Him before. In the
power of the
Holy Spirit.
20 Most assuredly, I say to you
that you will weep and lament,
but the world will rejoice;
and you will be sorrowful,
but your sorrow will
be turned into joy.
21 A woman, when
she is in labor, has
sorrow because
her hour has come;
but as soon as she
has given birth to the
child, she no longer
remembers the anguish,
for joy that a human being
has been born
into the world.
22 Therefore you
now have sorrow;
but I will see you again
and your heart will rejoice,
and your joy no one
will take from you.
Jesus resurrection,
brings joy, of
forgiveness
of our sins.
23 “And in that day
you will ask Me nothing.
Most assuredly,
I say to you,
whatever you ask
the Father
in My name
He will give you.
24 Until now
you have asked
nothing in My name.
Ask, and
you will receive,
that your joy
may be full.
Promise of answered prayer,
believers must begin or end
our prayers, in Jesus name.
Believers can pray verses
23-24, before
a time of prayer.
Jesus Christ Has
Overcome the World
25 “These things I have spoken
to you in figurative language;
but the time is coming
when I will no longer
speak to you in
figurative language,
but I will tell you plainly
about the Father.
“Figurative language”
Some of Jesus teachings are
parables with hidden meaning.
Parables can be understood
with help from the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit enlightens
our mind, so we can
understand the meaning.
The Holy Spirit communicates
to believers, in all fullness,
and plainness, the eternal
truth of the Father.
“Mark 4:33-34”
And with many such parables
He spoke the word to them
as they were able to hear it.
But without a parable
He did not speak to them.
And when they were alone,
He explained all things
to His disciples.
_ _ _
When we are alone
with Jesus in prayer.
we can ask Jesus
to explain the
parables to us
26 In that day you
will ask in My name,
and I do not say to you
that I shall pray the
Father for you;
27 for the Father
Himself loves you,
because you have
loved Me, and
have believed
that I came forth
from God.
28 I came forth
from the Father
and have come
into the world.
Again, I leave
the world and
go to the Father.”
29 His disciples said
to Him,“See, now You
are speaking plainly, and
using no figure of speech!
30 Now we are sure
that You know all things,
and have no need that
anyone should question
You. By this we believe
that You came forth
from God.”
31 Jesus
answered them,
“Do you now believe?
Believers must be thankful
for all we can understand
in Jesus teachings. And
pray the Holy Spirit will
reveal understanding
in the difficult verses.
“John 14:26”
But the Helper,
the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father
will send in
My name.
He will teach
you all things,
and bring to your
remembrance
all things that
I said to you.
32 Indeed
the hour is coming,
yes, has now come,
that you will be scattered,
each to his own, and will
leave Me alone. And yet
I am not alone, because
the Father is with Me.
“Scattered”
The disciples deserted Jesus,
when He was taken
to be crucified.
“Matthew 26:56”
“But all this was done
that the scriptures,
of the prophets
might be fulfilled.”
Then all the disciples
forsook Him and fled.
33 These things
I have spoken to you,
that in Me you may
have peace. In the
world you
will have tribulation;
but be of good cheer,
I have overcome
the world.”
“Tribulation”
Affliction, distress.
“Overcome the world”
“1 John 5:4-5”
For whatever
is born of God
overcomes the world,
and this is the victory
that has overcome
the world, our faith,
who is he who
overcomes the world,
but he who believes
Jesus is the Son of God.
John chapter 17
Jesus Prays for Himself
1 Jesus spoke
these words,
lifted up His eyes to
heaven, and said:
“Father, the
hour has come.
Glorify Your Son,
that Your Son also
may glorify You,
As Jesus prayed
the High Priestly
Prayer, allowed,
in the presence
of His disciples,
that they could hear
His words, and
be encouraged.
We to need to pray
allowed with others.
That they may
be encouraged.
2 as You
have given Him
authority over all flesh,
that He should give
eternal life to as
many as You
have given Him.
3 And this
is eternal life,
that they may know
You, the only true God,
and Jesus Christ whom
You have sent.
4 I have
glorified You
on the earth.
I have finished
the work which
You have given
Me to do.
5 And
now, O Father,
glorify Me together
with Yourself, with
the glory which
I had with You
before the
world was.
Jesus glorified the Father,
by completing what the
Father wanted Him to do.
Jesus Prays for His Disciples
6 “I have
manifested
Your name to
the men whom
You have given Me
out of the world.
They were Yours,
You gave them to
Me, and they have
kept Your word.
“Manifested Your name”
Making known the Father,
as the only true God.
7 Now they
have known that
all things which
You have given Me
are from You.
8 For I have given
to them the words
which You have given Me;
and they have received them,
and have known surely that
I came forth from You; and
they have believed
that You sent Me.
9 “I pray
for them. I do
not pray for the world
but for those whom
You have given Me,
for they are Yours.
“Do not pray for the world”
At this time, Jesus prayed
for the disciples, and all who
would become believers
through their witnessing.
10 And all Mine are Yours,
and Yours are Mine, and
I am glorified in them.
11 Now I am
no longer in the world,
but these are in the world,
and I come to You.
Holy Father,
keep through Your
name those whom
You have given Me,
that they may be one
as We are.
Believers are in the world,
But not of the sinful world.
Jesus lives in us,
as Saviour,
and Lord of our life.
Therefore we are
one with Jesus,
as Jesus is one
with the Father.
12 While I was
with them in the world,
I kept them in Your name.
Those whom You gave Me
I have kept; and none
of them is lost except
the son of perdition,
that the Scripture might
be fulfilled.
“Son of perdition”
Judas the betrayer
of Jesus.
13 But now I come to You,
and these things I speak
in the world, that they
may have My joy
fulfilled in themselves.
14 I have given
them Your word; and
the world has hated them
because they are not of the world,
just as I am not of the world.
15 I do not
pray that You should
take them out of the world,
but that You should keep
them from the evil one.
16 They are
not of the world,
just as I am not of the world.
“They are not of the world”
Christians witness the
salvation message of
Jesus in the world,
but Christians are
not of the world,
Christians
cannot live like
the sinful world.
Christians must
live obedient to
Jesus teachings.
“Romans 12:2”
And do not be
conformed to this world,
but be transformed
by the renewing
of your mind,
that you may prove
what is that good
and acceptable and
perfect will of God.
“1 John 2:15-17”
Do not love the world
or the things in the world.
If anyone loves the world,
the love of the Father is not in
him. For all that is in the world,
the lust of the flesh, the lust
of the eyes, and the pride of
life, is not of the Father
but is of the world. And
the world is passing
away, and the lust
of it, but he who
does the will of
God abides forever.
17 Sanctify
them by Your truth.
Your word is truth.
18 As You sent
Me into the world,
I also have sent them
into the world.
19 And
for their sakes
I sanctify Myself,
that they also may
be sanctified
by the truth.
“Sanctify”
To be set apart,
to live for God.
Free from sin.
Jesus Prays for All Believers
20 “I do not
pray for these alone,
but also for those who
will believe in Me
through their word;
21 that they
all may be one, as
You, Father, are in Me,
and I in You; that they
also may be one in Us,
that the world may believe
that You sent Me.
22 And the glory
which You gave Me
I have given them,
that they may be one
just as We are one:
23 I in them,
and You in Me;
that they may be
made perfect in one,
and that the world
may know that
You have sent Me,
and have loved them
as You have loved Me.
24 “Father, I desire that they
also whom You gave Me may
be with Me where I am,
that they may behold
My glory which
You have given Me;
for You loved Me before
the foundation of the world.
25 O righteous Father!
The world has not known You,
but I have known You;
and these have known
that You sent Me.
26 And
I have declared
to them Your name,
and will declare it,
that the love with
which You loved Me
may be in them,
and I in them.”
Amen, Amen.
Thank You Jesus.
John chapter 18
Betrayal and Arrest in Gethsemane
1 When Jesus had
spoken these words,
He went out with His
disciples over the
Brook Kidron,
where there
was a garden,
which He and His
disciples entered.
2 And Judas,
who betrayed Him,
also knew the place;
for Jesus often met
there with His disciples.
3 Then Judas,
having received
a detachment of troops,
and officers from the chief
priests and Pharisees,
came there with lanterns,
torches, and weapons.
4 Jesus therefore,
knowing all things
that would come upon Him,
went forward and said to them,
“Whom are you seeking?”
5 They
answered Him,
“Jesus of Nazareth.”
Jesus said to them,
“I am He.”
And Judas, who
betrayed Him, also
stood with them.
6 Now when
He said to them,
“I am He,”
they drew back and
fell to the ground.
“I am He”
I am the living God.
verse six, shows us, the
power of Jesus words.
7 Then He
asked them again,
“Whom are you seeking?”
And they said,
“Jesus of Nazareth.”
8 Jesus answered,
“I have told you that I am He.
Therefore, if you seek Me,
let these go their way,”
9 that the saying
might be fulfilled
which He spoke,
“Of those whom
You gave Me
I have lost none.”
10 Then Simon Peter,
having a sword, drew
it and struck the high
priest’s servant, and
cut off his right ear.
The servant’s name
was Malchus.
11 So Jesus said to Peter,
“Put your sword into the sheath.
Shall I not drink the cup which
My Father has given Me?”
Before the High Priest
12 Then
the detachment
of troops and the
captain and the
officers of the Jews
arrested Jesus and
bound Him.
13 And they
led Him away to
Annas first, for he
was the father-in-law
of Caiaphas who was
high priest that year.
14 Now it
was Caiaphas
who advised the Jews
that it was expedient
that one man should
die for the people.
Peter Denies Jesus
15 And Simon Peter
followed Jesus, and
so did another disciple.
Now that disciple was
known to the high priest,
and went with Jesus
into the courtyard
of the high priest.
“Another disciple”
Is John,
the author
of this gospel.
16 But Peter stood
at the door outside.
Then the other disciple,
who was known to the
high priest, went out
and spoke to her
who kept the door,
and brought Peter in.
17 Then the
servant girl who
kept the door said to
Peter,“You are not also
one of this Man’s disciples,
are you?”He said, “I am not.”
18 Now the servants
and officers who had
made a fire of coals
stood there, for it was cold,
and they warmed themselves.
And Peter stood with them
and warmed himself.
Jesus Questioned
by the High Priest
19 The high
priest then asked
Jesus about His disciples
and His doctrine.
20 Jesus answered him,
“I spoke openly to the world.
I always taught in synagogues
and in the temple, where
the Jews always meet,
and in secret I have
said nothing.
21 Why do you ask Me?
Ask those who have heard Me
what I said to them. Indeed
they know what I said.”
22 And when He
had said these things,
one of the officers who
stood by struck Jesus with
the palm of his hand, saying,
“Do You answer the high
priest like that?”
23 Jesus
answered him,
“If I have spoken evil,
bear witness of the evil;
but if well, why do
you strike Me?”
24 Then
Annas sent Him
bound to Caiaphas
the high priest.
Peter Denies Twice More
25 Now Simon Peter
stood and warmed himself.
Therefore they said to him,
“You are not also one of
His disciples, are you?
”He denied it and
said, “I am not!”
26 One
of the servants
of the high priest, a
relative of him whose
ear Peter cut off, said,
“Did I not see you in
the garden with Him?”
27 Peter then
denied again; and
immediately a rooster crowed.
In Pilate’s Court
28 Then
they led Jesus
from Caiaphas to
the Praetorium, and
it was early morning.
But they themselves did
not go into the Praetorium,
lest they should be defiled,
but that they might eat
the Passover.
29 Pilate then went
out to them and said,
“What accusation do you
bring against this Man?”
30 They answered
and said to him,“If He
were not an evildoer,
we would not have
delivered Him up to you.”
31 Then Pilate said to them,
“You take Him and judge Him
according to your law.”
Therefore the Jews said
to him,“It is not lawful
for us to put anyone
to death,”
32 that the
saying of Jesus
might be fulfilled
which He spoke,
signifying by what
death He would die.
33 Then Pilate entered
the Praetorium again,
called Jesus, and said to Him,
“Are You the King of the Jews?”
34 Jesus answered him,
“Are you speaking for yourself
about this, or did others tell
you this concerning Me?”
35 Pilate
answered,
“Am I a Jew?
Your own nation
and the chief priests
have delivered You to me.
What have You done?”
36 Jesus answered,
“My kingdom is not of this world.
If My kingdom were of this world,
My servants would fight, so that
I should not be delivered to
the Jews; but now My
kingdom is not
from here.”
37 Pilate
therefore
said to Him,
“Are You a king then?”
Jesus answered,
“You say rightly that I am a king.
For this cause I was born,
and for this cause I have
come into the world,
that I should bear
witness to the truth.
Everyone who is of
the truth hears My voice.”
38 Pilate
said to Him,
“What is truth?”
And when he had said
this, he went out again
to the Jews, and said
to them,“I find no
fault in Him at all.
Taking the Place of Barabbas
39 “But you
have a custom
that I should release
someone to you at
the Passover.
Do you therefore
want me to release to
you the King of the Jews?”
40 Then they
all cried again,
saying, “Not this Man,
but Barabbas!” Now
Barabbas was a robber.
John chapter 19
The Soldiers Mock Jesus
1 So then
Pilate took Jesus
and scourged Him.
2 And the
soldiers twisted a
crown of thorns and
put it on His head,
and they put on Him
a purple robe.
3 Then they said,
“Hail, King of the Jews!”
And they struck Him
with their hands.
4 Pilate then
went out again,
and said to them,
“Behold, I am bringing
Him out to you, that
you may know that I
find no fault in Him.”
Pilate’s Decision
5 Then Jesus
came out, wearing
the crown of thorns
and the purple robe.
And Pilate said to them,
“Behold the Man!”
6 Therefore, when the
chief priests and officers saw
Him, they cried out, saying,
“Crucify Him, crucify Him!”
Pilate said to them,
“You take Him and
crucify Him, for
I find no fault
in Him.”
7 The Jews answered him,
“We have a law, and according
to our law He ought to die,
because He made
Himself the
Son of God.”
8 Therefore,
when Pilate heard
that saying, he was
the more afraid,
9 and went again
into the Praetorium,
and said to Jesus,
“Where are You from?”
But Jesus gave him
no answer.
10 Then Pilate said to Him,
“Are You not speaking to me?
Do You not know that I
have power to crucify You,
and power to release You?”
11 Jesus answered,
“You could have no power
at all against Me unless
it had been given you
from above. Therefore
the one who delivered
Me to you has the
greater sin.”
12 From then on
Pilate sought to release
Him, but the Jews cried out,
saying, “If you let this Man go,
you are not Caesar’s friend.
Whoever makes himself
a king speaks against
Caesar.”
13 When
Pilate therefore
heard that saying, he
brought Jesus out and
sat down in the judgment
seat in a place that is
called The Pavement,
but in Hebrew,
Gabbatha.
14 Now it was the
Preparation Day of
the Passover, and
about the sixth hour.
And he said to the Jews,
“Behold your King!”
15 But
they cried out,
“Away with Him,
away with Him!
Crucify Him!”
Pilate said to them,
“Shall I crucify your King?
”The chief priests answered,
“We have no king but Caesar!”
16 Then
he delivered
Him to them to be
crucified. Then they
took Jesus and led
Him away.
The King on a Cross
17 And He,
bearing His cross,
went out to a place called
the Place of a Skull, which
is called in Hebrew,
Golgotha,
18 where
they crucified
Him, and two others
with Him, one on either
side, and Jesus in
the center.
19 Now
Pilate wrote
a title and put it
on the cross. And
the writing was:
JESUS OF NAZARETH,
THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20 Then
many of the
Jews read this title,
for the place where
Jesus was crucified
was near the city;
and it was written in
Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.
21 Therefore
the chief priests
of the Jews said to Pilate,
“Do not write,
‘The King of the Jews,’
but, ‘He said,
“I am the King
of the Jews.”
22 Pilate answered,
“What I have written,
I have written.”
23 Then the soldiers,
when they had crucified
Jesus, took His garments
and made four parts,
to each soldier a part,
and also the tunic.
Now the tunic was
without seam, woven
from the top in one piece.
24 They
said therefore
among themselves,
“Let us not tear it,
but cast lots for it,
whose it shall be,”
that the Scripture might
be fulfilled which says:
“They divided My garments
among them, and for My
clothing they cast lots.”
Therefore the soldiers
did these things.
Behold Your Mother
25 Now
there stood by
the cross of Jesus
His mother, and His
mother’s sister, Mary
the wife of Clopas, and
Mary Magdalene.
26 When
Jesus therefore
saw His mother,
and the disciple
whom He loved
standing by, He
said to His mother,
“Woman,
behold your son!”
“The disciple whom He loved”
Is John, the author
of this gospel.
27 Then He
said to the disciple,
“Behold your mother!”
And from that hour
that disciple took her
to his own home.
It Is Finished
28 After this, Jesus,
knowing that all things
were now accomplished,
that the Scripture might be
fulfilled, said, “I thirst!”
29 Now a vessel
full of sour wine was
sitting there; and they
filled a sponge with
sour wine, put it on
hyssop, and put
it to His mouth.
30 So when Jesus
had received the
sour wine, He said,
“It is finished!”
And bowing His
head, He gave up
His spirit.
Jesus’ Side Is Pierced
31 Therefore, because
it was the Preparation Day,
that the bodies should not
remain on the cross on the
Sabbath (for that Sabbath
was a high day), the Jews
asked Pilate that their legs
might be broken, and that
they might be taken away.
32 Then the soldiers
came and broke the legs
of the first and of the other
who was crucified with Him.
33 But when they
came to Jesus and
saw that He was
already dead,
they did not
break His legs.
34 But one
of the soldiers
pierced His side
with a spear, and
immediately blood
and water came out.
35 And he
who has seen
has testified, and
his testimony is true;
and he knows that he
is telling the truth, so
that you may believe.
36 For these things
were done that the
Scripture should
be fulfilled,
“Not one of His
bones shall
be broken.”
37 And
again another
Scripture says,
“They shall look on Him
whom they pierced.”
Jesus Buried in Joseph’s Tomb
38 After this,
Joseph of Arimathea,
being a disciple of Jesus,
but secretly, for fear of the
Jews, asked Pilate that he
might take away the
body of Jesus;
and Pilate
gave him
permission.
So he came
and took the
body of Jesus.
39 And
Nicodemus,
who at first came to
Jesus by night,
also came,
bringing a
mixture of myrrh
and aloes, about a
hundred pounds.
40 Then they took
the body of Jesus,
and bound it in strips
of linen with the spices,
as the custom of the
Jews is to bury.
41 Now in the place
where He was crucified
there was a garden,
and in the garden
a new tomb in
which no one
had yet been laid.
42 So there
they laid Jesus,
because of the Jews’
Preparation Day, for
the tomb was nearby.
John chapter 20
The Empty Tomb
1 Now the first
day of the week
Mary Magdalene
went to the tomb
early, while it was still
dark, and saw that the
stone had been taken
away from the tomb.
2 Then she ran and
came to Simon Peter,
and to the other disciple,
whom Jesus loved,
and said to them,
“They have taken away
the Lord out of the tomb,
and we do not know where
they have laid Him.”
3 Peter
therefore
went out, and
the other disciple,
and were going to
the tomb.
4 So they
both ran together,
and the other disciple outran
Peter and came to the
tomb first.
5 And he,
stooping down
and looking in, saw
the linen cloths lying
there; yet he did
not go in.
6 Then
Simon Peter
came, following him,
and went into the
tomb; and he
saw the
linen cloths
lying there,
7 and the
handkerchief
that had been
around His head,
not lying with the
linen cloths, but
folded together
in a place
by itself.
8 Then the
other disciple,
who came to the
tomb first, went in
also; and he saw
and believed.
9 For as
yet they did
not know the
Scripture that
He must rise again
from the dead.
10 Then the
disciples went away
again to their
own homes.
Mary Magdalene
Sees the Risen Lord
11 But Mary
stood outside by the
tomb weeping, and as she
wept she stooped down
and looked into
the tomb.
12 And she saw two
angels in white sitting,
one at the head and
the other at the feet,
where the body of
Jesus had lain.
13 Then they said to her,
“Woman, why are you weeping?”
She said to them, “Because
they have taken away
my Lord, and I do
not know where
they have laid Him.”
14 Now when
she had said this,
she turned around and
saw Jesus standing there, and
did not know that it was Jesus.
15 Jesus
said to her,
“Woman, why
are you weeping?
Whom are you seeking?”
She, supposing Him
to be the gardener,
said to Him, “Sir, if You
have carried Him away,
tell me where You have
laid Him, and I will
take Him away.”
16 Jesus
said to her,
“Mary!”
She turned
and said to Him,
“Rabboni!”
(which is to say, Teacher).
17 Jesus
said to her,
“Do not cling to Me,
for I have not yet
ascended to My Father;
but go to My brethren
and say to them, ‘I am
ascending to My Father
and your Father, and to
My God and your God.”
18 Mary Magdalene
came and told the
disciples that she
had seen the Lord,
and that He had
spoken these
things to her.
The Apostles
Commissioned
19 Then,
the same day at
evening, being the first
day of the week, when the
doors were shut where the
disciples were assembled,
for fear of the Jews, Jesus
came and stood in the
midst, and said
to them,
“Peace be with you.”
20 When
He had said this,
He showed them His
hands and His side.
Then the disciples
were glad when
they saw the
Lord.
21 So Jesus
said to them again,
“Peace to you!
As the Father has
sent Me, I also
send you.”
22 And when
He had said this,
He breathed on them,
and said to them,
“Receive the Holy Spirit.
23 If you
forgive the sins
of any, they are
forgiven them; if
you retain the sins
of any, they are
retained.”
All who preach the gospel
are proclaiming forgiveness
of sin to all who believe, or
unforgiveness to all that
reject the salvation
message.
Seeing and Believing
24 Now Thomas,
called the Twin,
one of the twelve,
was not with them
when Jesus came.
25 The other disciples
therefore said to him,
“We have seen the Lord.”
So he said to them,
“Unless I see in His hands
the print of the nails,
and put my finger into
the print of the nails,
and put my hand into His
side, I will not believe.”
26 And after eight days His
disciples were again inside,
and Thomas with them.
Jesus came, the doors
being shut, and stood
in the midst, and said,
“Peace to you!”
27 Then He
said to Thomas,
“Reach your finger here,
and look at My hands;
and reach your hand here,
and put it into My side.
Do not be unbelieving,
but believing.”
28 And
Thomas answered
and said to Him,
“My Lord and my God!”
29 Jesus said to him,
“Thomas, because you
have seen Me,
you have believed.
Blessed are those
who have not seen
and yet have believed.”
That You May Believe
30 And truly Jesus
did many other signs
in the presence of
His disciples,
which are not
written in this book;
31 but
these are
written that you
may believe that
Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God, and
that believing you may
have life in His name.
John chapter 21
Breakfast by the Sea
1 After
these things
Jesus showed
Himself again to
the disciples at the
Sea of Tiberias, and
in this way He
showed Himself:
2 Simon Peter,
Thomas called the Twin,
Nathanael of Cana in Galilee,
the sons of Zebedee, and
two others of His disciples
were together.
3 Simon Peter
said to them,
“I am going fishing.
”They said to him, We
are going with you
also.”They went out
and immediately
got into the
boat, and that
night they
caught nothing.
4 But when
the morning had
now come, Jesus stood
on the shore; yet the
disciples did not
know that it
was Jesus.
5 Then Jesus
said to them,
“Children, have you any food?
”They answered Him, “No.”
6 And He
said to them,
“Cast the net on the right
side of the boat, and
you will find some.”
So they cast,
and now they were
not able to draw it in
because of the multitude
of fish.
7 Therefore
that disciple
whom Jesus loved
said to Peter,
“It is the Lord!”
Now when Simon Peter
heard that it was the Lord,
he put on his outer garment
(for he had removed it),
and plunged into the sea.
8 But the
other disciples
came in the little boat
(for they were not far from land,
but about two hundred cubits),
dragging the net with fish.
9 Then, as soon as
they had come to land,
they saw a fire of coals there,
and fish laid on it, and bread.
10 Jesus
said to them,
“Bring some of the fish
which you have just caught.”
11 Simon Peter went up
and dragged the net to land,
full of large fish, one hundred
and fifty-three; and although
there were so many, the
net was not broken.
12 Jesus
said to them,
“Come and eat breakfast.”
Yet none of the disciples
dared ask Him,
“Who are You?”
knowing that it
was the Lord.
13 Jesus
then came and
took the bread
and gave it to them,
and likewise the fish.
14 This is
now the third time
Jesus showed Himself
to His disciples after He
was raised from the dead.
Jesus Restores Peter
15 So when they
had eaten breakfast,
Jesus said to Simon Peter,
“Simon, son of Jonah, do you
love Me more than these?”
He said to Him, “Yes, Lord;
You know that I love You.”
He said to him,
“Feed My lambs.”
16 He said to him
again a second time,
“Simon, son of Jonah,
do you love Me?”
He said to Him,
“Yes, Lord; You know
that I love You.”
He said to him,
“Tend My sheep.”
17 He said to
him the third time,
“Simon, son of Jonah,
do you love Me?”
Peter was grieved
because He said to
him the third time,
“Do you love Me?”
And he said to Him,
“Lord, You know all things;
You know that I love You.”
Jesus said to him,
“Feed My sheep.
Peter denied the Lord
three times, Jesus gave
Peter the opportunity
to renew his love for
Jesus three times.
18 Most
assuredly, I
say to you, when
you were younger,
you girded yourself and
walked where you wished;
but when you are old, you
will stretch out your hands,
and another will gird you
and carry you where
you do not wish.”
19 This He spoke,
signifying by what death
he would glorify God.
And when He had
spoken this,
He said to him,
“Follow Me.”
The Beloved
Disciple and His Book
20 Then Peter,
turning around, saw
the disciple whom
Jesus loved following,
who also had leaned
on His breast at the
supper, and said,
“Lord, who is the
one who betrays You?”
21 Peter,
seeing him,
said to Jesus,
“But Lord, what
about this man?”
22 Jesus said to him,
“If I will that he remain
till I come, what is that
to you? You follow Me.”
23 Then this saying
went out among the brethren
that this disciple would not die.
Yet Jesus did not say to him
that he would not die, but,
“If I will that he remain till
I come, what is that
to you?”
The Lord told Peter
that he should be
following God’s will
Himself, and not
worry about God’s
will for others.
“You follow Me”
As Jesus invited Peter,
Jesus is inviting everyone,
come follow Me, live My
teachings. I will show
you the way, to
eternal life!
amen.
24 This is
the disciple who
testifies of these things,
and wrote these things;
and we know that his
testimony is true.
25 And there are also
many other things that
Jesus did, which if they
were written one by one,
I suppose that even the
world itself could not
contain the books
that would be
written. Amen.